Videos showing an 18-metre (59-foot) robot in the Japanese harbour city of Yokohama have entranced the Twitterverse, pulling in more than 6 million views in the past week.

SoftBank's robotics arm said on Monday it will bring a food service robot developed by California-based Bear Robotics to Japan as restaurants grapple with labour shortages and a new socially distanced ...

Duolingo is launching a new short-form anime series that provides a new backstory for Duo -- the lime-colored bird -- and his pals, according to a press release from Duolingo. The series, 最後の決戦 (The ...

Sailor Moon centers on Usagi Tsukino, a clumsy high school girl who discovers she is the reincarnation of a powerful guardian destined to safeguard the world from dark threats. Together with her ...

Shinichiro Watanabe is one of the biggest names in anime, and for good reason. For over 30 years now, Watanabe has combined gorgeous animation with incredible music and overall direction to create ...

The question remains whether Japan can find a way to accommodate its cultural essence into a new demographic reality, or whether it will fade into an ageing twilight ...