There is debate over whether Akira Toriyama originated the now famous chibi style. So where did "chibi" get its start?

The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is returning once again to Philippine theaters this February 2025. Rolling into cinemas in ...

Industry watchers expect global biotech mergers and acquisition activity to strengthen in 2025 after a subdued 2024, aiding ...

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The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. The Japan Meteorological Agency said it had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7. The quake began at ...

President Donald Trump on Friday threatened tariffs on Japanese goods if the US trade deficit with Tokyo is not equalized, as he met Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Washington. Ishiba ...

That caused the Japanese yen to briefly jump in value against the dollar, which would hurt profits of large export manufacturers. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped nearly 0.7% to 8,214.80 after the ...

“Dragon Ball” and “Dr. Slump” took the world by storm but their creator, manga artist Akira Toriyama, initially harbored deep reservations when starting out on the projects. Toriyama died ...

TOKYO -- Japanese industrial supplier Yaskawa Electric on Friday downgraded its full-year earnings guidance on a drop in demand from South Korea's semiconductor industry and a pause in U.S ...

The Japanese market was coming back from a three-day break. Tuesday's slump followed an overnight tech fall on the Nasdaq in New York. Investors shed chip-related stocks after the administration ...