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Netflix began flirting with the idea of acquiring Warner Bros.' studio and streaming assets after the company announced plans in June to split into two publicly traded companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2025
How Netflix won Warner Bros. Discovery, Hollywood¡¯s biggest prize
What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade.
With its planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix becomes the owner of the HBO network, along with its library of hit shows like "The Sopranos" and "The White Lotus."
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2025
Netflix to buy Warner Bros. in historic $72 billion deal
The acquisition marks a dramatic strategic shift for Netflix, which has never made a deal of this scope.
Tourists take pictures from a boat on the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok.
BUSINESS
Jun 13, 2024
Thailand is already seeing signs of a ¡®White Lotus¡¯ travel bump
The series recently wrapped filming at several resorts and locations in the nation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Feb 9, 2023
¡®The Last of Us¡¯?shows it pays to take gaming seriously
The TV series¡¯ critical and commercial success signals the potential rise of video game adaptations.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 24, 2019
The Netflix decade: How one company changed the way we watch TV
In the not-so-distant past, TV viewers were forced to wait a week for the next installment of their favorite shows, parceled out by networks in half-hour or hour-long increments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 29, 2019
AT&T to sell off $10 billion of businesses, pay off Time purchase debt as it confronts activist investor
AT&T Inc. on Monday unveiled a three-year strategic plan that included selling up to $10 billion worth of businesses next year, paying off all its debt from the purchase of Time Warner and adding two new board members, bowing to pressure from activist investor Elliott Management.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 13, 2019
Nuclear wasteland selfies draw ire as tourists flock to Chernobyl after hit HBO series
A spate of selfie-taking tourists at Chernobyl ¡ª one wearing little more than her underwear ¡ª in the wake of a hit TV series on the world¡¯s worst nuclear disaster has sparked anger, with the show¡¯s author urging more respect for the dead.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 21, 2019
¡®Game of Thrones¡¯ scores record TV audience, leaves fans sad and mad
Warning: This story contains spoilers for the final episode of ¡°Game of Thrones.¡±
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2019
Netflix hikes prices for U.S. subscribers by 13-18% as it expands presence and content
Netflix Inc. is raising monthly fees for its U.S. subscribers by between 13 percent and 18 percent, the video streaming pioneer¡¯s first price increase since 2017 as it spends heavily on original content and international expansion.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 23, 2018
Hidden in diaries, untold stories of Boko Haram¡¯s female survivors feature in film
Untold stories of young Nigerian women kidnapped by Boko Haram highlight a documentary debuting on Monday that reveals diaries kept by survivors forbidden from talking about their captivity.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2018
Netflix shares tank after subscriber growth falls short and India foray faces rivals
Netflix Inc.¡¯s subscriber growth fell short of Wall Street expectations on Monday, sending shares of the normally high-flying stock down 14 percent on fears that the company¡¯s expansion is slowing.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Media / Japan Pulse
May 26, 2018
¡®Westworld¡¯ slays fans with re-creation of Edo in Shogun World
With its story of life-like robots in a Wild West-themed amusement park becoming sentient, and the complications that arise as a result, the television show ¡°Westworld¡± has attracted a dedicated following over the past couple of years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 1, 2017
HBO says data hacked; media say unaired ¡®Game of Thrones¡¯ segment targeted
U.S. cable channel HBO said on Monday that hackers had stolen upcoming programming, and Entertainment Weekly reported that the theft included a script for an unaired episode of the hit fantasy show ¡°Game of Thrones.¡±
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Jun 8, 2016
¡®Girls¡¯ just wanna have fun in Japan
¡°Girls,¡± an Emmy award-winning HBO series, focuses on a quartet of women in their early 20s who are trying to ¡ª surprise, surprise ¡ª figure out what they want to do with their lives. Like its outspoken creator ¡ª the intellectual ¡°It Girl¡± Lena Dunham ¡ª ¡°Girls¡± is polarizing: You either get it...
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 3, 2016
Following the ¡®Girls¡¯ to Japan
Feet-eating fish! Cat cafes! S&M bars! We map out the locales from Shoshanna¡¯s wild adventures in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Aug 13, 2015
Lena Dunham brings ¡®Girls¡¯ to Tokyo for a fifth season episode
In the fourth season finale of HBO¡¯s hit TV show ¡°Girls,¡± a comedy that follows the exploits of a group of 20-somethings navigating New York, Shoshanna (played by Zosia Mamet) surprises her roommate, Jessa, by declaring ¡°I¡¯m moving to Japan,¡± while leafing through a travel book and practicing her chopstick...
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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