Since the Japanese anime boom of the past few decades, Akihabara has been a refuge for the otaku — someone who would “go ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film “Akira,” a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, ...

Electronic toll collection lanes are closed at a toll gate of the Chuo Expressway's interchange in Fuchu, Tokyo, on April 6, 2025, due to a system problem. (Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Automatic ...

SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX) — Authorities in Alameda County have arrested a man and recovered thousands of dollars in stolen Lego sets following a burglary at a comic book store in Castro ...