The robot artist Ai-Da, a humanoid powered by artificial intelligence, will be the first of its kind to have a painting sold at a major auction house, organisers said on Wednesday. The work, due ...

Nomura Holdings Inc. is tightening rules on employee visits to clients’ homes after a former worker was arrested on suspicion of robbery, arson and attempted murder in Hiroshima. Employees at ...

Japan’s financial regulator is urging Nomura Holdings Inc. to examine the cause of an alleged robbery and attempted murder committed by a former employee, and to formulate measures to prevent ...

Some art museums overawe with the sweep of their collections. Others thrill with a few perfectly placed masterworks. The best of them embody their cities’ ambitions and fulfill an ideal ...

So, when deciding what to give their parents Maria and Roger as a gift, they chose a family portrait with a touching twist. Click the video below to see the tearful unveiling of an artist's ...

Image via Tetsuya Chiba's blog The Japanese government ... Chiba was nominated to the Japan Art Academy in 2022 as one of its first two manga creators (along with Yoshiharu Tsuge).

The new medium for the portraits "bring(s) a new, playful lease of life to the art," he said. FRIED BOLOGNA SANDWICH IS BOTH COWBOY ‘COMFORT FOOD’ AND ‘FIVE-STAR DINING’ Visitors to the ...

Japan’s biggest brokerage, Nomura Holdings, is having a tough year. On Thursday, the firm’s CEO Kentaro Okuda, alongside a handful of other executives, announced they’d be cutting their own ...

For six months, they handed over paintings and other works of art to people leaving Gaza through its Rafah border crossing with Egypt, until Israeli ground forces closed it in May when they took ...

The government decided Friday to award the Order of Culture for fiscal 2024 to seven people, including manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, 85. It is the first time that a manga artist has been selected ...

(Bloomberg) -- Some of Japan’s largest financial institutions have halted trading securities with Nomura Holdings Inc. as the fallout from its market manipulation scandal spreads, according to ...