Shinji Tsuchimochi is an ukiyo-e artist planted solidly in the 21st century, and, like the ukiyo-e from 300 years ago, his work represents the best of...
Today known as mercury poisoning, the illness was first called “Minamata disease” in 1957. But the story doesn’t end there. Manga author Sean Michael Wilson took...
On June 9, with fanfare and cosplay on feature, the last volume of the popular manga went on sale, the crowning effort of a franchise with...
Kimono expert and author Sheila Cliffe interviews the young American studying to be a Nihon Buyo dancer about the comfort and attraction of men wearing kimono,...
The last film in the Rurouni Kenshin saga looks into the story behind the cross-shaped scar on the cheek of Himura Kenshin. To the fans, I...
The image manages to capture the double standards permeating the debate when discussing Tokyo 2020 versus Beijing 2022.
You don’t want to miss this one. The May 27 livestream will be at 7:30 AM in Los Angeles, 10:30 AM in New York, 3:30 PM...
The latest film is about to be released in the Philippines, and is preparing fans everywhere for the soon-to-be-released final, which is set to bring an...
The concept of the One Piece Wedding Plan is to celebrate a couple's passage through the Grand Line of life, and the package comes with an...
The timing and lighting of many of these photos make them look at first glance like a gorgeous still from an anime that would fit right...
"It’s the kind of work that, after you finish reading the last chapter, you get excited wondering what it will be like to read it again...
Pointing to China’s “systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs,” Tomomi Shimizu implored, “Japan must not just regard the oppression as something that is happening far away.”
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