Including one very famous monster. The five covers of T’s annual Culture issue — which this year is devoted entirely to Japan and its outsize cultural influence on the world — feature six of ...

described life at the legendary Tokiwa-so apartment building in Tokyo where a number of budding young manga artists, such as Fujiko Fujio, Fujio Akatsuka and Shotaro Ishinomori, lived and worked.

FULLERTON, California—Stanford University first baseman Rintaro Sasaki took questions from U.S. reporters without an interpreter after his team won its season opener here in mid-February.

Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball is one of the most popular shonen series in history. The impact of Toriyama's masterpiece in popular culture is irrefutable. However, the way Chi Chi has been treated in ...

Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan ...