Japan has carried out the execution of a man convicted of setting a pachinko parlor on fire, an incident that resulted in the deaths of five people.

Japan has carried out its first execution since 2025, hanging a man convicted of arson at a pachinko parlor.

The hit Korean thriller series 'A Shop for Killers' will return for its second season on July 22, streaming on Disney+ and Hulu. Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-jun reprise their roles, joined by new Japanese stars Hyunri and Masaki Okada.

Kim Minha and Noh Sang-hyun, stars of ‘Pachinko,’ are set to reunite in a new Netflix Korean romantic comedy film titled ‘Messily Ever After,’ which has begun production.

Actress Kim Minha, known for her role in 'Pachinko,' has been announced as the host for the opening ceremony of the Busan International Film Festival. She will preside over the prestigious event.

Theresa Kang's Blue Marble Pictures, known for 'Pachinko,' has signed a multi-year first-look television deal with Fifth Season, with Caroline Garity overseeing the TV slate.

Netflix has greenlit a new Korean romantic comedy, ‘Messily Ever After,’ starring 'Pachinko' actors Kim Min-ha and Noh Sang-hyun, depicting the evolving romance of college sweethearts.

A death row inmate was executed in Japan for a 2009 arson attack on a pachinko parlor that resulted in five fatalities, according to local media reports.

Japanese police are appealing for information ahead of the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of 4-year-old Yukari Yokoyama from a pachinko parlor in Gunma Prefecture in 1996.

EXCLUSIVE: Media Res has struck a first-look distribution deal with Fifth Season and set Swedish series Summer of 1985 as their debut project. First trailer for the Stranger Things-esque series is below. Fifth Season, which already sells Media Res’ Pachinko, Scenes from a Marriage and The Morning Show, will have first refusal on distributing Media […]