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 Japanese government is in the midst of a drive to recruit people from outside the country to work in a broad range of fields where staff shortages are an ongoing problem. Among them are many ...

BANGKOK--Thailand's emerging student pro-democracy movement has adopted a Japanese cartoon hamster, Hamtaro, as a creative way to get support from young people around the country. University and ...