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

From director Ema Ryan Yamazaki comes the documentary The Making of a Japanese. Following the students of an elementary ...

Mookie Betts’ wife Brianna Betts’ Japanese shirt proved to be the team’s good luck charm. Mookie is back for the Dodgers ...

Animation is cool Words by Waverly Loyd I asked someone their favorite animated movie, and they said, “I’m an adult. I don’t watch kid's movies.” And I thought, “Wow, you must be so fun to be around.” ...

Things To Do In London If You Like Comics In April 2025... signings at Gosh, launches at FP Camden and workshops for women in ...

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

Sensei Mikio Toki is a true master. He traveled from Tokyo to D.C. to teach children through the National Cherry Blossom Festival’s Kites in the Classroom program.

“North Korea warned Japan against deploying long-range missiles in the Kyushu region, saying such attack capability will “bring about constant escalation of tension” in Northeast Asia ...

SPONSORED – Little Life Skills, a new animated cartoon series based in St. Louis, has been airing for two weeks, captivating both children and parents alike with its fun and educational episodes.

All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known ...

who was a star catcher in Japan from 1990-2007. “Baseball kids wanted to play in the major leagues.” At first, it was mostly pitchers who came from Japan to play in the U.S. Shigetoshi Hasegawa was a ...

Goes the Nursery Rhyme,” a picture book for children ages 3-5 written by Betsy Bird and illustrated with cartoon oomph by Andrea Tsurumi. In the story—though it’s really more of a running ...