OKINAWA, Japan — Japanese-American actor, writer and special effects creator Masi Oka — best known for his role in NBC’s Heroes — says Hollywood isn’t ready to cast Asian faces in lead ...

Japanese American actor Paul Nakauchi, who portrays the samurai marksman Hanzo in Overwatch, says Asian-Americans have been underrepresented in mainstream culture.

The Japanese-American actor, who was born and raised in Utah, says he was just thrilled to see they were casting an Asian in any movie Getty;Universal Pictures Gedde Watanabe now, and as Long Duck ...

Japanese-American actor Gedde Watanabe had a prominent role in one of the best high school movies of all time: Sixteen Candles. He made his film debut playing Long Duk Dong, who is a Chinese ...

Tokyo — The incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, including children, labeled enemies during World War II is a historical experience that has traumatized and galvanized the Japanese ...

FULL INTERVIEW: Star Trek actor George Takei on Feb 19, the Day of Remembrance, commemorating the incarceration of about 125,000 Japanese Americans in camps during World War Two ...

Rather, FX’s Shōgun flew in a team of expert Japanese wig makers whose whole deal is creating special wigs with built in bald caps to keep the actors’ real hair in place.