Katelyn has been a writer since they learned to hold a pencil, but was a latecomer to the world of gaming, gradually falling in love with video games over the course of high school and college. They ...

As I sat on a tatami mat in the library of a 300-year-old Kyoto ryokan, my eyes were drawn to a Japanese translation of Walter Isaacson’s book, Steve Jobs. Yes, I was on vacation and, yes, on my ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. TOKYO, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YURU COIN, the official token of Japan's beloved Yuru-Chara Grand Prix, has ...

The plush has on Chiitan’s signature hat and bowtie. It also has Chiitan’s default expression, where it has its mouth open in a wide smile and it’s looking in some distant direction. The official ...

At the start of the year, one of the biggest questions in Japan was if Osaka’s World Expo, a multi-billion dollar project ...

Before there was Aloy, Nathan Drake, or even Ratchet and Clank, PlayStation had a pair of mascots in Toro Inoue and Kuro. Today, Sony celebrates the adorable white cat’s birthday, which falls on May 6 ...

For several decades, Sanrio has maintained a globally dominant presence in the realm of cute, anime-style apparel, largely thanks to its collection of adorable cartoon mascots. Female Japanese zoomers ...

A consortium of Japanese media companies is partnering with U.S. animation studio Tonko House to make an animation series starring Kumamon. The hugely popular character is the mascot of Kumamoto, a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Eri Suzuki is serious about her goal in life - working in a theme park as a character mascot, one of those oversized, fuzzy creatures that dance and cavort with children. So she came ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Poor "Peko-chan". That's what customers and executives at Japan's Fujiya Co Ltd. are saying after the confectioner confessed to selling cream puffs and other pastries made from stale ...