While names like Colleen and Eileen were once the dominant Irish names in the United States, if you look at the Social Security Administration's list of most popular girl names in the United ...

According to the latest data, the most popular baby names in the US are Olivia for girls and Liam for boys. In the UK, the ...

Japanese anime director Naoko Yamada speaks to Yahoo UK about her coming of age story which follows a girl who has ...

For someone who grew up with Bengali and English, learning Japanese is a fresh and bracing experience, writes Baizid Khoorshid Riaz ...

Last year, Yegane Moghaddam made history when her short “Our Uniform” became the first Iranian nominee in the category’s ...

On a frigid night in January, the Maine Jewish Museum in Portland hosted a talk with photographer Hedva Rokach, who was visiting from Israel for an exhibition of her work. Inside the museum, Rokach ...

Winter 2025 has been an exciting season for anime fans, with several new anime releases and sequels of several beloved shows.

I remember seeing the news that Japanese singer ‘Ado’ (who will be performing in Manila in May) was holding tryouts for a girl group and the assigned piece was Ado’s ‘Tot Musica’ and I thought to ...

Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in her ancient city, a former capital of Japan.

Crunchyroll will give anime fans the chance to stream select romantic anime titles for free and they've added new romantic ...

This February, tune in for a month full of free anime streaming rights and revisit beloved rom-coms like Fruits Basket, My Dress-Up Darling and more.