Anime has become a cultural phenomenon worldwide. How big of a role does it play in spreading Japanese pop culture abroad?

Hiroyuki Mitsuoka believes that understanding Japan's culture requires exploring its language through its cultural output, ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese manga artist Kazuo Umezu, known for horror pieces like "Hyoryu Kyoshitsu" (The Drifting Classroom) ...

Takashi Murakami, one of Japan’s most successful post-war artists, has used AI to recreate Iwasa Matabei’s famous ...

A Japanese publishing startup is using Anthropic’s flagship large language model Claude to help translate manga into English, ...

Japanese anime and manga have become extremely popular overseas, and enthusiasts are also showing a strong interest in interim products, such as animation cels. Original drawings by famous manga ...

Japan's biggest bite-sized horror story anime, Yamishibai, is coming back in 2025 with brand-new episodes to terrify fans.

Jujutsu Kaisen is opening a new collaboration with a popular Japanese theme park with special collectibles for those who ...

MILAN (AP) — In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano ... and the Candy Girl series of Pop Art and manga-inspired paintings on aluminum. “There were people ...