Attention New York anime geeks. Kinokuniya Bookstores and the manga publisher Tokyopop is hosting a "How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded America!" panel discussion at Kinokuniya's New York City ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — Transformers. Sushi. Pokemon. There is no denying that Japanese culture has become a large part of the American culture that we see around us on a daily basis. And this is no ...

As AnimeExpo descends on LA, Roland Kelts talks about how shifting demographics in Japan are leading to a change in how anime and manga are developed and marketed. As AnimeExpo descends on L.A. this ...

At a recent Tokyo panel uploaded to YouTube by Asia Society, three leading figures in the anime world shared candid insights into how Japanese animation has become a global cultural force, and what ...

The influx of Japanese art and fashion into the American cultural mainstream gets an entertaining treatment from Kelts, an essayist and lecturer at the University of Tokyo, who interviewed many of ...

Jointly with International House of Japan, we are excited to have Akutagawa-sho winning author and poet, Mieko Kawakami and author Roland Kelts for our first program on literature. With this year’s ...

Save money, live better, travel more.ASSOCIATED PRESS The cross-pollination of Hollywood and Japan has been plentiful; in fact, the 1982 sci-fi film “Blade Runner” inspired the 2021 anime “Blade ...

Tama wears a stationmaster's cap of Wakayama Electric Railway at the Kishi station on the Kishigawa line in the city of Kinokawa, in Wakayama prefecture. Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images It’s goodbye ...

Protesters around the world have been hoisting a flag from a hit Japanese pirate show to express disdain for authority.

TOKYO, Japan — Hit Japanese manga “One Piece” is coming to Netflix as a live-action series — a development that's both exciting and worrisome for fans who have seen mixed success in a growing list of ...

The beheading of two Japanese nationals by ISIS has created political problems for Japanese President Shinzo Abe back home, from those who blame his rollback of Japanese pacifist policies in place ...