As Akira Toriyama drew Dragon Ball after the Cell Games, he did not want to introduce a new villain in the form of Majin Buu.

Fans of the Japanese pop culture are finding connection and love through a common interest. Bookstore owners say the trend has had staying power, and more people are taking Japanese language classes.

The 1988 anime Akira motorcycle is probably still the coolest two-wheeled pop culture phenomenon nearly 40 years on. But what ...

Another day, another major label acquisition – this time from Universal Music Japan, which has scooped up a controlling interest in A-Sketch. Universal Music Japan disclosed its deal for 17-year-old A ...

Japan already has many proprietary corporate use AI platforms but nothing in the field of an open, large scale AI chatbot. Ishiba said, "We need to create a basic plan....." Way behind the curve ...

Honda and Nissan will unveil an outline of their business integration around mid-February, informed sources said Friday. The two Japanese automakers delayed the announcement on the outline ...

For more updates from the Welcome To Japan, Ms. Elf! anime, keep up with Pinkvilla. *The release dates and times provided are accurate at the time of writing and are subject to change at the ...

In Japanese Drift Master ... a lot of the narrative grunt comes in the form of an original, hand-drawn manga. “Each time the player takes part in an event, pages of the comic book will lead ...

Investments in Japanese-style comic books and graphic novel content, famously known as Manga, will see more interest from the Indian media and entertainment industry. This comes as producers, rights ...

I don’t sleep on a futon. Instead, I use a sofa close to my parents because ... Eiko Yamaguchi, writer Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Japan’s Nissan Motor to Cut Nearly 2,000 Jobs in U.S.

The Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-anime film debuted at #1 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. It sold 352,500 tickets and earned 598,832,300 yen (about US$3.83 million ...

“Only two drawings are needed,” reporter ... working on the cryptically-titled AI x Anime Project, which is billed as an anime set in a near-future Japan, starring an AI-generated heroine ...