TOKYO >> The Kabukiza Theatre in Tokyo has begun a free tablet service for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Police believe famed Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke attempted suicide at his home the same day a weekly magazine reported his alleged involvement in a sexual abuse and power harassment scandal.

Kabuki is struggling to recover after the death of two leading actors: Ichikawa Danjūrō and Nakamura Kanzaburō. This double-blow puts pressure on the younger performers to play a more prominent role, ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese Kabuki star who recently assumed a prestigious stage name said Friday he wants to preserve the traditional art while adopting a new approach, including by collaborating with ...

Ahead of a show at the famed Kabuki-za theater in central Tokyo, wig master Tadashi Kamoji carefully places a topknot ...

LIKE SO MUCH in traditional Japanese culture, Kabuki is highly formal and stylized. Yet it can also be raucous, visceral and broadly comic. Alex Kerr, a Bethesda-born writer on Japanese culture and ...

One of the most beautiful Japanese traditions is that of kabuki theater. The dance dramas are known for their elaborate and colorful makeup and costumes, stylized performances, and broad postures, ...

In the Hawaiian Islands, where many Japanese people had immigrated since the Meiji Era (1868-1912), a unique, localized form ...