Some of his poems were included in school textbooks in Japan. Tanikawa wrote the lyrics of the theme song for the anime series "Astro Boy." He also translated foreign works into Japanese, including ...

Beloved poet, essayist, translator and lyricistShuntaro Tanikawa has passed away, leaving behind a long-lasting legacy for ...

Japanese figure skaters Yuma Kagiyama and Hana Yoshida swept to men’s and women’s gold in the Finland Grand Prix on Saturday ...

The spread of hard-to-verify information on social media contributed to Motohiko Saito’s successful reelection campaign in ...

While NHK's response and information disclosure have been delayed, the public broadcaster should thoroughly investigate how such an unprofessional act of on-air editorial deviation was allowed to ...

The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), in partnership with J.CLAIR (Japan Council of Local Authorities for International Relations), will participate in the upcoming Anime Festival Asia ...

Although the three installments' stories make up a cohesive whole, they were produced under wildly varying circumstances with ...

This was easily the weakest episode of the series so far, but next week is the start of another storyline with an extremely promising voice cast. If they pull that off, all will be forgiven. Ranma ½ ...

The Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) Committee has selected the thirteen Gold Sponsor comic book titles for the comic book industry's most anticipated annual event: Free Comic Book Day. FCBD is celebrated ...

Tokyo, Japan – November 18, 2024 – Edia, Japanese video game publisher and developer based in Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, has announced a Steam update for the side-scrolling, retro action game, ...

As someone involved in one of these international anime co-productions with the Cannon Busters series for NETFLIX (2019), this question connects with me in a big way. Episode 2 of Uzumaki is ...

Kohana Lam has a YouTube channel with over 650,000 subscribers, held a solo birthday concert at Tokyo venue Zepp Shinjuku in October, and gave her first overseas live performance in November. Now, ...