Researchers have discovered three new species of luminescent Polycirrus worms that emit blue-purple light. They named two of them after glowing creatures in Japanese folklore, and the other after the ...

Level-5 is gearing up to release Yo-kai Watch 2 in Japan and this commercial shows some of the Pokémon Japanese folklore creatures you can summon with the Yokai Watch. The Nintendo 3DS sequel includes ...

A park pond here is home to a brand-new version of monstrous local mascot Gajiro the kappa (a creature of Japanese folklore), ...

HILO, Hawaii (Island News) -- A traveling exhibition exploring supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore will open at the Hawaii Japanese Center from Aug. 2 to Aug. 30, 2025. “Yokai Parade: ...

The second-generation Japanese American artist known as IPaintCreatures (IPC) is a professional award-winning performance poet, painter, filmmaker, Twitch streamer, and 21st-century folklorist who ...

Roguelike Yōdanji draws from Japanese folklore to create the creatures and items players will stumble across as they explore its generated dungeons, feature many monsters from mythology. Yōdanji will ...

Oct. 14—If the words GeGeGe no Kitaro don't ring a bell, Seattle-area lecturer and folklorist Zack Davisson is prepared to help set the record straight. The Japanese manga series was created in 1960 ...

A research group from Nagoya University in central Japan has discovered three new species of bioluminescent polycirrus worms from different parts of Japan. Usually found in shallow water, polycirrus ...