There were days Yusuke Oshima dreaded having to go to Japanese school on Saturdays in Toronto. But now he has a job in Major League Baseball because of it. He stumbled into this opportunity by ...

This is Amami. Centered around Oshima (“Big Island”), this subtropical archipelago is part of Japan’s Kagoshima prefecture. It’s often referred to as a living fossil, with its unique ...

11 Aug – Yuko Oshima has recently confirmed rumours that she is pregnant with her first child. As reported on Nikkansports, the news was shared on her official website on 10 August, with her camp ...

Expanding upon the Futari duo concept of pianist/composer Satoko Fujii and vibraphonist Taiko Saito, as depicted on Underground (Libra Records, 2021) and Beyond (Libra Records, 2021), Trio SAN ...

Tanaka Isson, an artist known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at the age of 50 after years of struggle. He then spent highly productive years there painting ...

On June 7, Katsuki Oki, head of the Amami Marine Life Research Association, captured rare footage of this unusual behavior in the Oshima Strait at a depth of 29 meters. According to Oki ...

Director Nagisa Oshima often quoted the phrase "the republic of the cinema" as if film was a country and he one of its citizens. He combined the very best stalwart Japanese qualities with a ...