This initiative marks a major turning point, positioning worker welfare as a core pillar of Japan’s broader goal to strengthen its global cultural presence. The Harsh Reality of Anime Production ...

Linnea Kataja and Bellamy Luna Brooks are artists in the Japanese anime industry. Linnea is a keyframe supervisor; her work ...

The move is part of a five-year action plan aimed at boosting overseas sales of Japanese content such as manga and video games to ¥20 trillion in 2033.

Typhoon No. 5 nears, expected to lash Kanto, Tohoku regions; Nippon Steel plans new U.S. mill to compete against Chinese; Groups plan to bring refugees to Japan for skilled work, studies ...

In Japan, policymakers and economists are paying close attention to the "oshikatsu" phenomenon as a growing driver of consumer spending - and 24-year-old Momoka Matsui is one of many doing her ...

On Friday, June 20, 2025, a new website and X (formerly Twitter) account were created to announce the production of The Everyday Life of Torture Part-time Workers anime (Gomon Baito-kun no Nichijo).

Mizuho will work with Questry, a blockchain startup, and Royalty Bank. They will then deploy tranches of cash, up to $5 million a time, as investments in a handful of new Japanese animations each ...