A producer of the hit Japanese anime film Your Name has been handed a four-year prison sentence on charges of obscene acts towards minors. The sentence was handed to Ito, one of the producers of ...

The Wakayama District Court has sentenced on Friday 53-year-old anime producer Kouichirou Itou to four years in prison for committing nonconsensual sexual intercourse with three minor girls ...

She is 25 at the time and an intern at Thomson Reuters. In the film, Ito remembers meeting Yamaguchi for dinner, losing consciousness during the meal and waking up to Yamaguchi allegedly raping ...

A documentary film directed by journalist Shiori Ito has yet to be shown in Japan, even though “Black Box Diaries,” as the work is titled, has earned high acclaim at film festivals overseas.

On her WTA main-draw debut, 20-year-old Japanese qualifier Aoi Ito upset Sofia Kenin from 5-2 down in the third set in the first round of the Kinoshita Group Japan Open. No.188-ranked Ito extended her ...

Imperial Japanese Army Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi (1915-1997) was “discovered” in the jungles of Guam by locals after hiding out for 28 years following the end of the battle in 1944. Jan. 24 marked ...

"Shoichi Ida, Prints (1941-2006)" focuses on works bequeathed to The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, by the artist's studio and family.

Anime producer Kouichirou Itou has received his final sentencing. He had been charged with rape, plus breaking laws related to child prostitution and child pornography. He will receive four years ...

Kouichirou Itou was initially arrested in 2024 by the Wakayama Prefectural Police on the suspicion of soliciting a 15-year-old in Nagano. The District Court only just sentenced him to 4 years in ...