Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Comedy double acts have a long and abiding history, from Laurel and Hardy in the classic Hollywood era to 1970s ...

Naoki Matayoshi, the first comedian to win the Akutagawa literary prize, will launch a new novel titled "Gekijo" (Theater), in the April edition of the weekly literary magazine Shukan Shincho, it has ...

Naoki Matayoshi, a Japanese comedian of the comic duo "Peace," on Thursday night won the 153rd Akutagawa Award for literature for his work "Hibana." The 35-year-old is the first comedian to win the ...

Amazon Prime Video has set Theater, the feature adaptation of Naoki Matayoshi’s second novel Gekijo, as its first day-and-date release in Japan. The movie will launch on the service in 200 countries ...

Five Japanese film directors bring an exquisitely cinematic eye to this Netflix adaptation of comedian Naoki Matayoshi's Akutagawa Prize-winning novel. Making people laugh is no joke in “Hibana,” a ...

TOKYO: Netflix is prepping a new original series based on Hibana, a novel by the comedian, haiku poet and scriptwriter Naoki Matayoshi, for a 2016 debut. "Netflix believes in the vision that a ...

"Hibana," the debut novel by Naoki Matayoshi of the comedy duo "Peace," has been garnering attention after winning the 153rd Akutagawa Prize. The Atami Seaside Fireworks Festival, featured in the work ...

The world of Japanese comedy hasn’t often been the topic of feature films in Japan but Naoki Matayoshi’s Akutagawa-prize winning novel “Hibana-Spark” has spurred both a 10-part Netflix TV series last ...

From left: Comedian Naoki Matayoshi, singer Kyarypamyupamyu, GU Co CEO Osamu Yunoki and comedian Yuji Ayabe attend the new GU logo launch at Ebisu Garden Hall in Tokyo on Tuesday. Matayoshi and Ayabe ...