Koichiro Ito the Japanese anime producer behind "Your Name" and "Suzume" among other films, was arrested on Wednesday on ...

Ito's arrest has sent shock waves through Japan's insular anime industry. The executive has anime credits dating back nearly ...

Japanese monks have been skipping, skating and juggling to show how unrestrictive their traditional attire is. It comes after a monk was fined by police for driving while wearing a kimono because ...

The series revolves around an unlikely friendship between a Buddhist monk and a delinquent youth ... sometimes displayed on bikers’ jackets in Japan. Many mistakenly believe it stresses ...

In Japan, "anime," pronounced "ah-nee-meh," are cartoons that date back to the early 1900s. A related Japanese term is "manga," which refers to animated cartoons and comics in general, not ...

The first Japanese recorded to have set foot in Tibet was a monk, in 1900, seeking a purer version of Buddhism than the one in his homeland. What remained unclear was the route Ekai Kawaguchi ...

Nishimura has enjoyed wearing dresses since he was a child ... became a monk and now combines that role with his makeup career. In contrast to many major religions, Japanese Buddhism has no ...

Source: Banri Tanaka Whether foreign, Japanese, male or female, before Yamabushi head for the mountains, they gear up. Their iconic uniform includes straw sandles, Buddhist rosary beads ...

We are not born to die. We are born to live." The cultural attaché at the embassy explains: "Japanese anime is very popular in Ukraine and has inspired many people to start studying the Japanese ...

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 was second in the UK and US box office charts last weekend, behind The Batman Japanese animation Jujutsu Kaisen 0 has become a surprise box office hit, as anime enjoys a new ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japanese anime, once a small niche in the entertainment industry, is going global. Popular series such as ...

leading to injuries for a Japanese mother and child along with the death of a Chinese woman who tried to stop the assailant. Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Hiroshi Moriya, said Japan has ...