The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

One Piece director Megumi Ishitani weighs in on the Ghibli AI controversy, condemning the trend for tarnishing Hayao Miyazaki ...

Works by Polish artists from the 19th and 20th centuries are on display for the first time at the National Museum of Modern ...

After two games in Japan, Shohei Ohtani is off to a great ... The Los Angeles Times welcomes expressions of all views. Letters should be brief and become the property of The Times.

TOKYO—Japan’s consumer inflation slowed slightly in February due to energy subsidies but continued trending up amid a record spike in rice prices and indications of strong wage growth ...

Being a budget traveller, I would never have been served by Sonia and Adrienne. Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading the twins’ charming and heartwarming recollections of their working days in the ...

Singapore is now the first country to have an art installation 7,000 metres beneath the ocean ... these artworks were installed near the Mariana Trench off the coast of Japan by NuStar Technologies in ...

OSAKA, Japan—The Japanese have been drinking sake since the eighth century. Back then, it was believed the rice-based liquor warded off ghosts. Today, it has a stronger spirit to contend with ...

Each player is rendered in Demon Slayer’s flashy art style made most famous by its Japanese cartoon adaptation more commonly known as anime. At the end of the two-minute film, Ohtani takes over ...