The festival, set for April 26-27 at Memorial Park, celebrates the sister city relationship between Cupertino and Toyokawa, Japan. Outdoor entertainment includes Taiko drum groups, Japanese dancers, ...

Not long ago, Tomohiro Endo, 45, a company employee who makes guitars for a living, started crafting pieces for shogi — a Japanese board game similar to chess — as a hobby. And in just 18 months, he ...

Not all anime takes place in fantasy worlds or dystopian futures. Some of the most memorable stories are rooted right here, ...

Readers in the mood for more mature slice-of-life stories may want to take a look at the following seinen manga.

Google DeepMind's developers have previously boasted that their AI systems have mastered Chess and Shogi, and may master other tasks as proficiently in the next 10 years. Either way, Google and ...

A murder mystery starring Ken Watanabe, the latest from Plan 75 director Chie Hayakawa and a true story from Takashi Miike are showcased by Japanese sellers at Filmart. This film is based on a ...