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The Tokyo District Court judged that fake ads on Facebook and Instagram infringed on Yusaku Maezawa's publicity rights but dismissed his request for an injunction against Meta.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2026
Tokyo court dismisses suit against Meta over fake ads involving entrepreneur
The ruling is believed to be the first judicial decision on whether fake ads impersonating celebrities infringe on?their rights.
Patrick Stewart’s career demonstrated how experienced actors can give aging franchises greater emotional depth by allowing their characters to evolve rather than relying solely on nostalgia.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2026
Patrick Stewart embodied the value of aging actors
Patrick Stewart died at the age of 86, and many paid tribute to him by invoking the fictional icons he played such as his work in Star Trek.
Patrick Stewart photographed in London in 2008. Stewart first found acclaim as a Shakespearean actor before making an unlikely career pivot to TV that would bring him his greatest fame.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 30, 2026
Patrick Stewart, Shakespearean actor turned ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ star, dies
The popular actor married three times and had two children. He died at 86 at his home in Los Angeles.
Yokohama District Court on Thursday dismissed a damages lawsuit against Meta Platforms and its Japanese unit over fake ads using celebrities’ names and images without permission, becoming the first of six district courts in Japan to rule on such cases.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2026
Yokohama court dismisses suit against Meta over fake ads
The court was the first to rule on a series of similar lawsuits filed with six district courts across Japan.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis stands with his attorney Michael Sanft during a sentencing hearing after his murder conviction in the death of rapper Tupac Shakur on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 14, 2026
Ex-gang leader sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for Tupac Shakur murder
Until Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ 2023 arrest, Tupac Shakur’s murder had stood for nearly three decades as one of America’s most notorious cold cases.
Television personality Dewi Sukarno, known in Japan as Madame Dewi, was fined ?200,000 ($1,260) for assaulting two women in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2026
TV personality Dewi Sukarno fined over assaults on ex-employees
In separate incidents in Tokyo last year, Sukarno threw a glass at her then-secretary and punched and kicked her then-manager.
Noriyuki Higashiyama, president of Smile-Up, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Monday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 29, 2026
Smile-Up’s president announces he will step down
Masayuki Yamada, Smile-Up’s chief compliance officer, will succeed Noriyuki Higashiyama as president.
Duane Davis (center) and his attorney, Michael Sanft, are led back to a courtroom to hear his sentencing date after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Monday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 1, 2026
30 years on, former gang member found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur
The jury in a Las Vegas court found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of murder after just a few hours of deliberation.
Andrew Tate (left) and his brother Tristan Tate are pictured inside The Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, in December 2024.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 19, 2026
Influencer Andrew Tate and brother arrested in Miami
The Tate brothers already face allegations of trafficking minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering in Romania.
People take selfies next to a screen displays a message referencing singer Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce outside Madison Square Garden, the venue for their wedding celebrations, in New York on Friday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 4, 2026
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married, as pair hosts New York celebration
“JUST&T MARRIED,” flashed on giant screens on the exterior of the Manhattan sports arena.
Kazuya Kamenashi and Minami Tanaka
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 29, 2026
Singer and actor Kazuya Kamenashi to marry Minami Tanaka
The pair added that Tanaka is pregnant with their first child.
Akihiro Miwa became widely known for “Yoitomake no Uta” (“The Song of the Yoitomake”), which he wrote and composed and released in 1965.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2026
Akihiro Miwa, iconic Japanese singer and actor, dies at 91
Miwa was best known for the hit song “Yoitomake no Uta” and his acclaimed stage performance in “Black Lizard.”
Tao Okamoto (left) and Virginie Efira (right) shared the Cannes Film Festival’s best actress honor for their roles in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden,” a coproduction between Japan, France, Belgium and Germany.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 4, 2026
今日吃瓜 Cannes moment signals a new global push
Tao Okamoto made history at Cannes, while Japanese filmmakers and producers looked ahead, embracing collaboration as the future of the industry.
A popular voice actor has sued TikTok’s operator over videos allegedly using an AI-generated imitation of his voice without permission.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2026
Actor files lawsuit against TikTok operator over AI-generated voice use
The lawsuit, filed with the Tokyo District Court by Kenjiro Tsuda last November,?is believed to be the first of its kind in Japan.
Japan's Tao Okamoto and Belgium's Virginie Efira, co-winners of the best actress award for their roles in the film "All of a Sudden," celebrate during the closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Saturday.
CULTURE / Film
May 24, 2026
In first for Japanese, Tao Okamoto shares Best Actress award at Cannes
Okamoto shared the honor with Belgium’s Virginie Efira for their roles in the drama “All of a Sudden” by Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
A Justice Ministry panel discusses how the voices of individuals should be protected under publicity and portrait rights, amid a rise in the unauthorized use of celebrities' voices by generative artificial intelligence, at the ministry in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2026
Japan to protect celebrity voices against AI use
The Justice Ministry is set to compile guidelines on the scope and standards for illegal acts under current law by this summer.
Chuck Norris's tough-guy image inspired satirical "facts" that made him an Internet phenomenon.
WORLD
Mar 21, 2026
Chuck Norris, macho star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ dies at 86
The bearded actor became an online cult hero in 2005 when a student ?created what became Chuck Norris Facts, online jokes about ?the actor’s physical prowess.
Actor Timothee Chalamet attends the 98th Oscars Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, last month.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 16, 2026
Has Timothee Chalamet blown his Oscars chances again?
The actor’s recent comments on ballet and opera aren’t likely to have an effect on voting, but his character’s ego might.
Actor Robert Duvall died Sunday at his home, according to a social post attributed to his wife, Luciana Duvall.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 17, 2026
Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning star of ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 95
Across six decades, he shaped American cinema with restrained intensity, inhabiting soldiers, preachers and patriarchs with quiet authority.
Morley Robertson
JAPAN / Society
Feb 2, 2026
Journalist and media personality Morley Robertson dies of cancer at 63
Robertson gained attention in Japan for his sophisticated speaking style as a radio personality on broadcaster J-Wave’s “Across the View” and other programs.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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