A mother was stunned after finding out her son’s textbook featured JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure illustrations from Hirohiko Araki.

Action anime is easily one of the most popular genres worldwide, with its fight scenes, cool characters, and storylines that ...

From Gosho Aoyama—the creator of Case Closed, the long-running saga of pint-size detective Conan Edogawa—comes YAIBA: Samurai Legend.

Kore Yamazaki’s The Ancient Magus’ Bride manga has been running since 2013, and it has picked up an impressive number of fans ...

Whether it's Japanese film, video games, anime, or novels, the country consistently delivers quality storytelling combined with its own unique sense of style. In the realm of film, Japan has an ...

But its publishing industry, which played a key role in manga history, is less well known. Tokyo is today the center of Japan’s publishing industry. But in the premodern era of the Edo era (1603 ...

These 8 anime started out strong, but as their seasons and episodes went on they became some of the biggest disappointments in the genre.

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

Japanese hot springs—better known as onsens—are prized for their zen experience, with travelers coming from around the world to lounge in natural pools and bliss out. The country is home to ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

For a country as safe and orderly as Japan, the terrorist attack was an unimaginable shock. It came just two months after the Great Hanshin earthquake, a 6.9-magnitude disaster that killed more ...

If you’re familiar with games set in feudal Japan, there’s a good chance that you’re also familiar with the works of Akira Kurosawa. This Japanese film legend pioneered many different ...