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

Since the Japanese anime boom of the past few decades, Akihabara has been a refuge for the otaku — someone who would “go ...

The central government originally created Cool Japan Fund Inc. in 2013 to support overseas sales of cultural products such as anime and Japanese cuisine, and saw it as a potential winner that ...

The Secretariat of Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office Japan, and Anime Tourism Association announced the Cool Japan Showcase Anime Manga Tourism Festival, set to take place at ...

a sociologist and professor of culture at Tokyo's Chuo University. While there appeared to be no empirical evidence available, he said more people in Japan could be resorting to rudeness and ...

"They turn them into the new cool places by hiring students ... allowing you to dive a little more intimately into the deep end of Japanese culture. The Kamogawa-yu public bath ("sentō ...

Actress, singer, and voice actor Rika Matsumoto, known for voicing Ash in the Pokémon series and serving as a Cool Japan Ambassador, will perform a live set of her hit songs to kick off the ...

The Agency for Cultural Affairs released proposals from ... the potential of the nation’s food cultures in its New Cool Japan Strategy adopted last year. However, the paucity of prospective ...