Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide Inc. has announced that it will take over operations of the Kitano Hotel New York from spring 2023 and will change its name. Under the new management, the Kitano Hotel ...

TOKYO – Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano says he wanted his new film “Kubi” to show the world of samurai in ways that mainstream movies have rarely done before, by portraying the homosexual, ...

I read an article titled The Great Misunderstanding of Self-First written by Mr. Kitano, the former manager of Roasso Kumamoto, and found myself nodding deeply. The concept of Self-First advocated by ...

Director, actor, and comedian Takeshi Kitano will leave Office Kitano, the agency and production company he co-founded, at the end of March and go independent. Masayuki Mori, who has served as Office ...

Acclaimed movie director Takeshi Kitano will be appearing in the upcoming game Yakuza 6 and while he definitely looks the part, it's surprising that this didn't happen sooner. The Yakuza games are on ...

Spring has officially arrived at the Kitano Hotel New York with the installation of Japanese floral arrangements throughout the lobby and mezzanine. Titled “Ikebana Blooms at the Kitano,” the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

There's plenty of evidence that artists can make decent movies – Steve McQueen, Sam Taylor Wood, Julian Schnabel to name a few – but it rarely works the other way around. Looking at Dennis Hopper's ...