Japanese animation is shaping up as the country’s next big export industry, beyond cars and electronics. Its growth could ...

Leading anime and manga distributor Viz Media is bringing all four episodes of the highly anticipated miniseries adaptation ...

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Like countless other people in Japan, 23-year-old Karin Ryo walked into a convenience store to do some shopping on the night of September 16 ... I took tea ceremony lessons,” she says, instead ...

In this edition of our "Culture of Japan" series, we visit the popular Japanese hobby shop Yellow Submarine to take a look at ...

Japan’s anime and manga, the Japanese word for comics ... Apart from streaming, selling merchandise can be even more lucrative. Sanrio, which owns characters like Hello Kitty, has reported ...

TOKYO -- Japan's anime production market has topped $2 billion in value, thanks to hit movies and the growth of streaming services. Anime companies generated 339 billion yen ($2.26 billion) in ...

No country adores cats quite as much as Japan. One look at Japanese art, literature, or media, and you’ll see just how Japan ...

Move over, Marvel. The next blockbuster entertainment franchise might come from Japan. Anime is shaping up as the country’s next big export industry, beyond cars and electronics. This once ...

CHIBA, Japan -- Last month, dozens of gamers stood patiently in line in a dimly lit area of the Makuhari Messe convention center outside Tokyo, waiting to be summoned into the company of fantasy ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...