Sanrio debuted Hello Kitty, who went from a coin purse to a cultural icon still making waves five decades later.

Actor Andrew Koji, who is half Japanese and was born and raised in England, said he’s always felt out of place. But in the new action-comedy film “Bullet Train,” Koji plays a Japanese character, and ...

Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Pedro Pascal as the legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin, alongside ...

Japan's Content Overseas Distribution Association has noticed that an awful lot of what comes out of Sora 2 "closely ...

Non-Japanese characters in Japanese cartoons can be a tricky topic. Most characters in the medium are going to be Japanese, since the creators are aiming to appeal to their home audience first.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Monday selected a kanji character used to encourage social distancing as its defining symbol for 2020, highlighting a catchphrase used extensively during the coronavirus ...

While anime is deeply rooted in Japanese culture, some of its most memorable characters aren’t from Japan at all. These figures come from across the globe, Germany, England, Austria, even outer space, ...

The Japanese Olympic Committee has licensed several of the nation’s most iconic anime characters to serve as goodwill ambassadors to promote the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in general and Japan’s athletes ...

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese "mitsu", meaning "congested" or "dense", as the character was selected as the single best kanji symbolising the ...