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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani during a spring training game in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb 21. For Japan, Netflix's exclusive deal to broadcast the World Baseball Classic may serve as a wake-up call to broadcasters that prices are going up and that they need to change as viewers seek better experiences.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 4, 2026
Netflix’s WBC deal upends baseball traditions in Ohtani’s homeland
Professional baseball in Japan has largely stayed in the hands of domestic broadcasters and free-to-air networks.
Netflix is backing away from buying Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming and studio assets after Paramount revised its offer to $31 a share.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 27, 2026
Netflix drops bid for Warner Bros., leaving Paramount the winner
The streaming giant says the deal is no longer financially attractive at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer.
U.S. boxer Floyd Mayweather trains at a gym in Tokyo in September 2022.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Feb 24, 2026
Mayweather to fight Pacquiao in Las Vegas in September
The bout between two of boxing’s biggest names comes days after Mayweather announced he is coming out of retirement.
In the first season of “Drops of God,” Camille and Issei competed to inherit the wine legacy of Alexandre Leger.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Feb 13, 2026
Season Two of ‘Drops of God’ serves a dark swirl of sibling drama
In its second season, “Drops of God” shows that characters don’t need to be likable to be compelling.
In its second season, "The Boyfriend" allows more time to show the diversity of individual experience.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Feb 6, 2026
Vulnerability, love and the limits of reality TV on ‘The Boyfriend’
Netflix Japan’s same-sex dating show may be several layers removed from reality, but it nonetheless offers an important space for dialogue and representation.
Subscription services have taken hold in Japanese people's daily lives, with such services provided by content creators also becoming popular.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Feb 4, 2026
Subscription services evolving in Japan
With consumers adopting a more conservative view of spending amid inflation, subscription services are viewed as “rational and smart consumption.”
Netflix Japan's new series "The Human Vapor" is based on a 1960 cult film of the same title and follows a string of assassinations carried out by a perpetrator who can vanish into thin air.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 28, 2026
Netflix Japan lays out 2026 slate of anime, adaptations and live baseball
The streaming service revealed release windows for the upcoming “Human Vapor” adaptation and more, plus plans to livestream all 47 games of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Alex Honnold climbs Taipei 101 on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Sport climbing
Jan 25, 2026
American daredevil free-climbs Taiwan’s tallest building
Alex Honnold climbed Taipei 101, which towers 508 meters into the air, as large crowds gathered and cheered below.
People hold umbrellas under the Taipei 101 building, which U.S. climber Alex Honnold was schedule to scale on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Sport climbing
Jan 24, 2026
Netflix’s live, high-risk skyscraper climb postponed due to rain
Alex Honnold, the famed U.S. free-solo climber, was set to begin ascending the exterior of Taipei 101 at 9 a.m. local time but the event was postponed due to rain.
The second season of Netflix Japan's “The Boyfriend” is bringing together a new set of bachelors to find romance and learn more about themselves.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 23, 2026
Second season of ‘The Boyfriend’ lets love take its time
Netflix Japan’s same-sex dating show returns with a season that lets relationships unfold at their own pace.
Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets without increasing the $82.7 billion price.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2026
Netflix will now pay all cash for Warner Bros. to keep Paramount at bay
The new all-cash bid — at $27.75 a share — has unanimous support from the Warner Bros. board, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing.
The Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California. The Warner Bros. board has criticized Paramount Discovery’s backers, software billionaire Larry Ellison and his son David, saying they “consistently misled” it during talks for a potential takeover.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2025
Warner Bros. slams Ellisons and urges shareholders to reject their bid
The Warner Bros. board said the Paramount backers “consistently misled” them, and suggested their flawed vision for the combined assets would weaken Hollywood.
<i>Rikishi</i> train at the Otake stable in April 2017. While the sport of sumo hasn't changed, the ways in which fans engage with it has, and Otake <i>beya</i> recently joined the growing list of stables with their own YouTube channels.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 17, 2025
YouTube proves vital for sumo in era of changing accessibility
At a time when first-person access to “genuine” sumo is increasingly difficult to find, many stables are looking to fill the gap with online platforms.
Paramount Pictures' studio in Hollywood.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2025
Paramount’s $54 billion debt plays a starring role in Warner bid
Paramount has a temporary financing package in place for the combined company, but it hasn’t locked in a maximum rate on more permanent borrowings for the transaction.
Netflix’s headquarters in Los Angeles
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2025
Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’
The company faces a lengthy Justice Department review of a deal that would reshape the entertainment industry.
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.
Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, on Nov. 26. Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of HBO, CNN and the Warner Bros. film studio, officially put itself up for sale in October after receiving multiple unsolicited offers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2025
Netflix makes cash offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery: Report
A deal would bulk up the streaming giant’s already considerable content production capabilities and likely face close scrutiny by antitrust authorities.
“Last Samurai Standing” centers on a mysterious fighting event in which participants must hack and slash their opponents apart to collect enough wooden tags to win a big-money prize.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Nov 21, 2025
The secret to ‘Last Samurai Standing’? Treating live action like anime.
Netflix’s wild new samurai series embraces cartoonish chaos — and it works.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani singles against the Blue Jays during Game 7 of the World Series in Toronto on Nov. 1.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 20, 2025
MLB reveals new 3-year deal with ESPN, NBC and Netflix
ESPN had been scheduled to pay an estimated $1.65 billion over the next three seasons, according to The Athletic, before it opted out of that deal in February.
Disney is aiming to add more live sports to Disney+ and gradually roll out ESPN across Asia, but the launch timing will vary by market.
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2025
Disney eyes ESPN expansion in Asia to boost streaming content
The company aims to add more live sports to Disney+ and gradually roll out ESPN across Asia, the president of Disney Asia Pacific said.
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India&#039;s northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Trump says ‘Japan’ instead of Iran at meeting in Ankara
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference during a NATO leaders&#039; summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
Wakatakakage injury casts pall over July meet, but potential new stars loom
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in August 2024.
Osaka trumps Tokyo as both ranked among world’s top 10 most livable cities
Osaka’s infrastructure earned higher marks than Tokyo’s in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Global Liveability Index.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.

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