FILE - Ichikawa Ennnosuke, director and actor of Japanese Kabuki traditional theater, is awarded the Paris city vermeil medal by a city hall official at the Chatelet Theater following a performance, ...

Author Sao Ichikawa’s novel “Hanchibakku” (The hunchback), which was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for literature last month, leaves a stinging impact on readers. Ichikawa’s profound sense ...

Author Sao Ichikawa rode to the podium on an electric-powered wheelchair to receive the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for ...

For most film buffs, the name Ichikawa means Kon. However, Jun Ichikawa, who has died of a brain haemorrhage aged 59 - though no relation to his namesake by blood or style - had been discreetly making ...

TOKYO >> Eno Ichikawa, who revived the spectacular in Japanese Kabuki theater to woo younger and global audiences, has died. He was 83. Ichikawa died after suffering heart problems on Wednesday in ...