Many of the strongest characters in anime are from Japan. These include skilled characters like Goto Ryuji and Satoru Gojo.

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

In Japan, policymakers and economists are paying close attention to the "oshikatsu" phenomenon as a growing driver of ...

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

Masako is not unique. However, this trend is still predominantly a Japanese habit. But why hire female voices for male characters? The first reason is the most obvious: age. Shonen is the biggest ...

Sushi, sashimi, nigiri, hibachi, izakaya, omakase — some of these words may be familiar to you, while others may be unexplored terrain, but they all denote one thing — Japanese cuisine is having a ...

The trend of creating Studio Ghibli-inspired AI images has taken the internet by storm, captivating users with its dreamy, ...

The artist is 87 now and under constant medical care. But he was determined to make it to Paris for the exhibition of his life. By Eleanor Stanford The 2,000-year-old Torlonia collection of ...

“Araminta has two daughters debuting on the marriage mart this season and she’s feeling the pressure to get at least one of her girls married off, her character description reads, per Netflix.

April 5, 2025 • Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays art festival made a flyer promoting the event using AI, and are facing backlash for not using an actual artist. NPR's Scott Simon explains.