A Japanese comedian is facing criticism for performing in blackface in a widely viewed television show, a move that has outraged many and highlighted the regular appearance of performers in similar ...

Claim to Fame: With more than 7.6 million followers on Instagram, Watanabe is one of the most popular social media celebrities in Japan. She is an actress, comedian and fashion designer who is perhaps ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Comedian Iliza Shlesinger’s USO show packed the enlisted club Thursday at this Air Force airlift hub in western Tokyo. The fan consensus: She, along with fellow comics Laura ...

Two Japanese comedians join the MIX season 2 cast. Recent reports have confirmed the news. Who are MIX season 2’s new voice cast members? OLM Team Masuda, the studio production of MIX, has confirmed ...

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger is bringing her “Hard Feelings” to Tokyo and three U.S. military bases in Japan through the USO. The self-described “elder millennial” riffs on familiar topics from a fresh ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A weekly TV show mocking Japanese politicians may seem a far cry from "The Great Dictator," but comedian Hikari Ota says it was watching Charlie Chaplin's masterpieces as a child ...

Japanese comedian and actress Naomi Watanabe may have taken over Japan and parts of Asia. She’s known as the “Japanese Beyonce” for lip-synching and dancing to “Crazy in Love,” “Dreamgirls” and other ...

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TOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - On the face of it, the duo hardly seem fit to inspire confidence as the brains behind Japan's newest stock fund: one, a former comedian and the other, every bit the ...

In January 1998, an aspiring Japanese comedian named Tomoaki Hamatsu but better known as Nasubi — or “eggplant,” because of his long face — was chosen to star in “Susunu! Denpa Shōnen,” a hit variety ...

“As a comedian in Japan, you cannot make fun of politicians as people still consider them eraihito or people of great importance. Comedy is therefore reduced to childish gags and is deprived of any ...