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People hold umbrellas under the Taipei 101 building, which U.S. climber Alex Honnold was schedule to scale on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Sport climbing
Jan 24, 2026
Netflix’s live, high-risk skyscraper climb postponed due to rain
Alex Honnold, the famed U.S. free-solo climber, was set to begin ascending the exterior of Taipei 101 at 9 a.m. local time but the event was postponed due to rain.
The second season of Netflix Japan's “The Boyfriend” is bringing together a new set of bachelors to find romance and learn more about themselves.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 23, 2026
Second season of ‘The Boyfriend’ lets love take its time
Netflix Japan’s same-sex dating show returns with a season that lets relationships unfold at their own pace.
Netflix has switched to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets without increasing the $82.7 billion price.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 21, 2026
Netflix will now pay all cash for Warner Bros. to keep Paramount at bay
The new all-cash bid — at $27.75 a share — has unanimous support from the Warner Bros. board, according to a Tuesday regulatory filing.
The Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California, on Dec. 8
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 31, 2025
Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount offer next week
The storied Hollywood studio is set to turn down the amended $108.4 billion hostile bid despite a personal guarantee from billionaire Larry Ellison backing the offer.
Anthony Joshua throws a punch at Jake Paul during their bout on Friday in Miami.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Dec 20, 2025
Joshua knocks out Paul to win Netflix boxing bout
Two-time world champion Joshua made hard work of defeating his vastly less experienced opponent, but finally made his superior size and power count.
Jake Paul (left) and Anthony Joshua pose for photos after a news conference in Miami on Nov. 21.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Dec 18, 2025
Boxing world voices concern ahead of fight between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua
Combat sports commentator Michael Bisping warned that if Joshua’s pledge to approach the fight seriously carries weight, Paul could be in peril.
The Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California. The Warner Bros. board has criticized Paramount Discovery’s backers, software billionaire Larry Ellison and his son David, saying they “consistently misled” it during talks for a potential takeover.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 18, 2025
Warner Bros. slams Ellisons and urges shareholders to reject their bid
The Warner Bros. board said the Paramount backers “consistently misled” them, and suggested their flawed vision for the combined assets would weaken Hollywood.
Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at the inaugural parade in the Capitol One Arena in Washington on Jan. 20.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 17, 2025
Jared Kushner is back and breaking a vow to avoid politics
The son-in-law of the president’s return to the scene has raised familiar questions from his first stint in the White House, when critics questioned both his competence and ethics.
Paramount Studios in Los Angeles earlier this month. Warner Bros. Discovery's board views its existing agreement with Netflix more favorably than what Paramount has proposed in its takeover bid.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2025
Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount bid on funding and terms
Its board still views an existing agreement with Netflix as offering greater value, certainty and terms than what Paramount has proposed.
Netflix Japan’s newest reality-dating experiment “Badly in Love” follows self-identified delinquents as they try to find romance.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Dec 16, 2025
‘Badly in Love’: Netflix Japan’s most chaotic dating show may be its most honest
Netflix Japan’s “Badly in Love” turns delinquent bravado into surprisingly earnest, character-driven reality television.
Paramount Pictures' studio in Hollywood.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2025
Paramount’s $54 billion debt plays a starring role in Warner bid
Paramount has a temporary financing package in place for the combined company, but it hasn’t locked in a maximum rate on more permanent borrowings for the transaction.
Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2025
Netflix is looking to borrow heavily again to fund Warner Bros. deal
The streaming company is looking to add tens of billions of dollars of debt to finance its planned acquisition of most of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Paramount made a hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. with the aim to marry two legacy Hollywood studios to counter the influence of Netflix, Disney and Amazon.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 9, 2025
Paramount ups Warner Bros. bid with Trump son-in-law at side
Paramount Skydance launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix.
Netflix’s headquarters in Los Angeles
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2025
Trump warns Netflix-Warner deal may pose antitrust ‘problem’
The company faces a lengthy Justice Department review of a deal that would reshape the entertainment industry.
Netflix began flirting with the idea of acquiring Warner Bros.' studio and streaming assets after the company announced plans in June to split into two publicly traded companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2025
How Netflix won Warner Bros. Discovery, Hollywood’s biggest prize
What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade.
With its planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix becomes the owner of the HBO network, along with its library of hit shows like "The Sopranos" and "The White Lotus."
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2025
Netflix to buy Warner Bros. in historic $72 billion deal
The acquisition marks a dramatic strategic shift for Netflix, which has never made a deal of this scope.
Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, on Nov. 26. Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of HBO, CNN and the Warner Bros. film studio, officially put itself up for sale in October after receiving multiple unsolicited offers.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2025
Netflix makes cash offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery: Report
A deal would bulk up the streaming giant’s already considerable content production capabilities and likely face close scrutiny by antitrust authorities.
“Last Samurai Standing” centers on a mysterious fighting event in which participants must hack and slash their opponents apart to collect enough wooden tags to win a big-money prize.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / Wide Angle
Nov 21, 2025
The secret to ‘Last Samurai Standing’? Treating live action like anime.
Netflix’s wild new samurai series embraces cartoonish chaos — and it works.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani singles against the Blue Jays during Game 7 of the World Series in Toronto on Nov. 1.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 20, 2025
MLB reveals new 3-year deal with ESPN, NBC and Netflix
ESPN had been scheduled to pay an estimated $1.65 billion over the next three seasons, according to The Athletic, before it opted out of that deal in February.
“KPop Demon Hunters” director Maggie Kang discussed how she fused Korean folklore with K-pop spectacle at Netflix’s Creative Asia event in Busan.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Oct 5, 2025
With Hollywood facing headwinds, Netflix looks eastward
The streamer’s Creative Asia event at the Busan International Film Festival unveiled new initiatives designed to expand the region’s storytelling role.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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