In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, video game creator and fine artist. All those facets are on display in the ...

The “Amano Corpus Animae” exhibition celebrates Amano as a transversal artist whose Japanese style has been infused with ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average closed more than 2% lower on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s weak finish overnight and pressured by a stronger yen. The Nikkei .N225 fell 2.63% to ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks were mostly lower Friday, with Japan's benchmark Nikkei losing over 2% in early trading after a sharp decline on Wall Street driven by high expectations.

CHIBA, Japan -- Last month, dozens of gamers stood patiently in line in a dimly lit area of the Makuhari Messe convention center outside Tokyo, waiting to be summoned into the company of fantasy ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Commuters leave a Wall St. subway station in New York’s Financial District on Oct. 23, 2024. (AP ...

Like any other expression or art form ... understand the anime audience in the U.S., we'll explore the differing tastes of the latest simulcast season here compared to the Japanese audience.

Now in its 19th year, the Japanese anime convention ... video game and table-top gaming rooms, bands and djs, art, collectibles and memorabilia, celebrity guests and more. Tens of thousands ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese art historian Shuji Takashina, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and former director of the National Museum of Western Art, died of heart failure Oct. 17 at his ...

Move over, Marvel. The next blockbuster entertainment franchise might come from Japan. Anime is shaping up as the country’s next big export industry, beyond cars and electronics. This once-niche ...