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Yokohama District Court on Thursday dismissed a damages lawsuit against Meta Platforms and its Japanese unit over fake ads using celebrities’ names and images without permission, becoming the first of six district courts in Japan to rule on such cases.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2026
Yokohama court dismisses suit against Meta over fake ads
The court was the first to rule on a series of similar lawsuits filed with six district courts across Japan.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis stands with his attorney Michael Sanft during a sentencing hearing after his murder conviction in the death of rapper Tupac Shakur on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 14, 2026
Ex-gang leader sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for Tupac Shakur murder
Until Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ 2023 arrest, Tupac Shakur’s murder had stood for nearly three decades as one of America’s most notorious cold cases.
Television personality Dewi Sukarno, known in Japan as Madame Dewi, was fined ?200,000 ($1,260) for assaulting two women in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2026
TV personality Dewi Sukarno fined over assaults on ex-employees
In separate incidents in Tokyo last year, Sukarno threw a glass at her then-secretary and punched and kicked her then-manager.
Noriyuki Higashiyama, president of Smile-Up, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Monday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 29, 2026
Smile-Up’s president announces he will step down
Masayuki Yamada, Smile-Up’s chief compliance officer, will succeed Noriyuki Higashiyama as president.
Duane Davis (center) and his attorney, Michael Sanft, are led back to a courtroom to hear his sentencing date after a jury found Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Monday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 1, 2026
30 years on, former gang member found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur
The jury in a Las Vegas court found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of murder after just a few hours of deliberation.
Andrew Tate (left) and his brother Tristan Tate are pictured inside The Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, in December 2024.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 19, 2026
Influencer Andrew Tate and brother arrested in Miami
The Tate brothers already face allegations of trafficking minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering in Romania.
People take selfies next to a screen displays a message referencing singer Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce outside Madison Square Garden, the venue for their wedding celebrations, in New York on Friday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 4, 2026
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married, as pair hosts New York celebration
“JUST&T MARRIED,” flashed on giant screens on the exterior of the Manhattan sports arena.
Kazuya Kamenashi and Minami Tanaka
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 29, 2026
Singer and actor Kazuya Kamenashi to marry Minami Tanaka
The pair added that Tanaka is pregnant with their first child.
Akihiro Miwa became widely known for “Yoitomake no Uta” (“The Song of the Yoitomake”), which he wrote and composed and released in 1965.
JAPAN
Jun 28, 2026
Akihiro Miwa, iconic Japanese singer and actor, dies at 91
Miwa was best known for the hit song “Yoitomake no Uta” and his acclaimed stage performance in “Black Lizard.”
Tao Okamoto (left) and Virginie Efira (right) shared the Cannes Film Festival’s best actress honor for their roles in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “All of a Sudden,” a coproduction between Japan, France, Belgium and Germany.
CULTURE / Film
Jun 4, 2026
91AV原创 Cannes moment signals a new global push
Tao Okamoto made history at Cannes, while Japanese filmmakers and producers looked ahead, embracing collaboration as the future of the industry.
A popular voice actor has sued TikTok’s operator over videos allegedly using an AI-generated imitation of his voice without permission.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2026
Actor files lawsuit against TikTok operator over AI-generated voice use
The lawsuit, filed with the Tokyo District Court by Kenjiro Tsuda last November,?is believed to be the first of its kind in Japan.
Japan's Tao Okamoto and Belgium's Virginie Efira, co-winners of the best actress award for their roles in the film "All of a Sudden," celebrate during the closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Saturday.
CULTURE / Film
May 24, 2026
In first for Japanese, Tao Okamoto shares Best Actress award at Cannes
Okamoto shared the honor with Belgium’s Virginie Efira for their roles in the drama “All of a Sudden” by Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
A Justice Ministry panel discusses how the voices of individuals should be protected under publicity and portrait rights, amid a rise in the unauthorized use of celebrities' voices by generative artificial intelligence, at the ministry in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2026
Japan to protect celebrity voices against AI use
The Justice Ministry is set to compile guidelines on the scope and standards for illegal acts under current law by this summer.
Chuck Norris's tough-guy image inspired satirical "facts" that made him an Internet phenomenon.
WORLD
Mar 21, 2026
Chuck Norris, macho star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ dies at 86
The bearded actor became an online cult hero in 2005 when a student ?created what became Chuck Norris Facts, online jokes about ?the actor’s physical prowess.
Actor Timothee Chalamet attends the 98th Oscars Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, last month.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 16, 2026
Has Timothee Chalamet blown his Oscars chances again?
The actor’s recent comments on ballet and opera aren’t likely to have an effect on voting, but his character’s ego might.
Actor Robert Duvall died Sunday at his home, according to a social post attributed to his wife, Luciana Duvall.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 17, 2026
Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning star of ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 95
Across six decades, he shaped American cinema with restrained intensity, inhabiting soldiers, preachers and patriarchs with quiet authority.
Morley Robertson
JAPAN / Society
Feb 2, 2026
Journalist and media personality Morley Robertson dies of cancer at 63
Robertson gained attention in Japan for his sophisticated speaking style as a radio personality on broadcaster J-Wave’s “Across the View” and other programs.
 Ryoko Yonekura
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2026
Japanese actress Ryoko Yonekura not indicted over drug case
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office did not disclose its reasons for deciding not to indict the 50-year-old celebrity.
The Hamamatsu Nishi Police Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, where actor Ryoko Hirosue was detained after being arrested at a hospital on April 8 following a rear-end collision involving a vehicle she was driving. A summary court last month ordered Hirosue to pay a fine over the collision.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2026
Actor Ryoko Hirosue fined ?700,000 for negligent driving
Her vehicle collided with a tractor-trailer on April 7 after changing lanes at approximately 185 kph inside a tunnel on the Shin-Tomei Expressway in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Defense attorney Alan Jackson speaks to the media as he leaves a courthouse in Los Angeles on Wednesday after Nick Reiner appeared in court for the first time on charges over the deaths of his parents.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2025
Son of filmmaker Rob Reiner appears in court on charges he murdered parents
Nick Reiner appeared in court three days after his arrest and a day after he was charged with one of the most shocking celebrity homicide cases in Los Angeles’ history.

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