The new season of "IS JAPAN COOL? DREAMS" introduces the marvelous Japanese culture of anime, manga, and video games through the collaboration project of PES (Peace Eco Smile) among ANA, "Toyota Motor ...
Tokyo feels like a deep library of neighborhoods and niche scenes; Seoul moves like a live feed of fast-changing districts. Here’s how the two capitals compete and cross-pollinate in pop, beauty, ...
TOKYO--Japan's minister in charge of promoting its cultural exports pledged to improve working conditions for content creators as part of a renewed government push to expand the global reach of the ...
Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture. By Nick Haramis ON ANY GIVEN night, the neon-lit streets of Akihabara, an entertainment ...
On a blustery Sunday morning in January, an animated crowd of fans gathered outside Sanrio Co.’s Puroland theme park in western Tokyo. Beneath the pastel turrets at the entrance, tourists in pink ...