The Japanese government’s Cool Japan Fund has invested $30 million in U.S. anime distributor Sentai as part of its strategy to expand the global market for Japanese content.

Which begs the question: Is Japan cool? As a robot-obsessed kid growing up in the 1970s and '80s, I always thought so. But for years, the anime and manga that drove me to learn Japanese and start ...

to triple overseas sales of "Cool Japan" content, such as anime, within five years. WHAT IS COOL? Akamatsu said the plan, set to kick off later this year, harked back to overseas promotions such ...

Although appointed Japan's "anime ambassador" in 2008 ... The government has created the $405-million "Cool Japan Fund," a blatant attempt to reclaim the country's lost status as a global ...