BTS Agency HYBE Hit by Police Warrant Scandal as Founder Bang Si Hyuk Faces Arrest

Live-Action Gundam Movie Starring Sydney Sweeney Begins Filming Amid Whitewashing Backlash

First Asian American Governor in U.S. History Dies Aged 100

Hallmark Slammed Over “Whitewashed” Cast In New ‘Mahjong’ Movie Premiering During AAPI Month

BIGBANG Announces 20th Anniversary World Tour During Coachella Set

BTS Star V Reveals He “Tried Very Hard to Forget” About the Group to Focus On Himself

Japan

Despite Mixed Reviews, ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Becomes First Film to Hit $1 Billion This Year

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie hits $1 billion worldwide as the first film of 2026, defying critics’ 42% Rotten Tomatoes score with strong audience approval at 88% Popcornmeter.

Tokyo Tourism Hub Begins Issuing On the Spot Fines for Littering in Shibuya

Inside Manga’s $40 Billion Piracy Problem—And the Race to Fix It

Film & TV

Hong Kong movie and television actress Elizabeth Sung dies aged 63

May 28, 2018

INTERVIEW: British Asian porn star Harriet Sugarcookie – “I don’t mind that people are searching for me because I’m Asian”

British Asian Harriet Sugarcookie is a webcam girl turned porn star. Speaking to Resonate, Sugarcookie discusses her conflict between culture

November 17, 2016

‘This Is America’ director Hiro Murai to make film starring Rihanna and Donald Glover

November 27, 2018

Coldplay’s Chris Martin breaks internet by performing BTS collaboration ‘My Universe’ live in Korean

September 28, 2021

Japan

YouTuber Logan Paul slammed for dead body video in Japan’s Suicide Forest

January 2, 2018

Burberry, Prada and Dior fail to hire enough Asian models to represent customer base

December 28, 2017

Japanese firm uses drones to tackle overworking to death, AKA ‘karoshi’

December 19, 2017

Japanese cosmetics maker Pola apologises for racist ‘No Chinese’ poster

November 27, 2017

Japanese caviar sells for $105 per 20 grams

November 15, 2017

Donald Trump fails to notice Shinzo Abe falling in golf bunker

November 10, 2017

Japan goes crazy for the Trump burger at Munch’s Burger Shack in Tokyo

November 9, 2017

Japan’s 70-year-old ‘Black Widow’ serial killer sentenced to death for murdering lovers

November 7, 2017

Japan movie ‘The Lowlife’ combats porn industry prejudice

October 30, 2017

Baseball player Yuli Gurriel suspended for racist Asian gesture

October 30, 2017

Japanese men in their 20s want male-only train cars according to survey

October 20, 2017

Taika Waititi approached to direct live-action Akira but has whitewashing concerns

October 11, 2017

More

Donnie Yen-Directed ‘John Wick’ Caine Spinoff Prepares For Production

Donnie Yen will direct and star in Lionsgate’s John Wick spinoff Caine, set after Chapter 4, with Rina Sawayama returning

March 25, 2026

Amazon MGM Studios to Adapt Award-Winning Monstress Comic as Adult Animated Series

The project brings together the former showrunner of Netflix’s One Piece and the creators of the acclaimed fantasy comic book.

March 24, 2026

Lili Reinhart Joins BTS for High-Seas Collaboration in ‘Swim’ Music Video

The actress stars in the lead single for the K-pop group’s new album, Arirang, a project marking their first full-group

March 24, 2026

Live-Action ‘Moana’ Trailer Offers First Look at Dwayne Johnson, Fans Left Divided

March 24, 2026

‘Shōgun’ Season 2: Risei Kukihara, Ryô Satô, Seishiro Nishida, Mantaro Koichi, Takashi Yamaguchi Join Cast

FX's Shōgun Season 2 adds Risei Kukihara, Ryô Satô, Seishiro Nishida, Mantaro Koichi, and Takashi Yamaguchi to its Vancouver-filmed cast.

March 24, 2026

The Daniels Prepare for 2027 Return with New Sci-Fi Action Epic

The Oscar-winning duo behind Everything Everywhere All at Once will begin production this summer on a large-scale project designed for

March 23, 2026

Man Who Randomly Shot And Killed Pregnant Korean American Woman Found Not Guilty Due to “Insanity”

Cordell Goosby, who shot and killed pregnant Korean American restaurant owner Eina Kwon in Seattle has been found not guilty

March 23, 2026

Hybe Shares Plunge as BTS Comeback Crowd Falls Over 50% Short

HYBE’s stock slid nearly 15% after BTS’ comeback concert in Seoul drew around 104,000 attendees — far below early projections

March 23, 2026

BTS Album Arirang Drops, Leader RM Injures Ankle Ahead of Historic Seoul Comeback Gig

BTS release Arirang as leader RM suffers ankle injury days before their highly anticipated comeback concert in Seoul, to be

March 20, 2026