(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, ...

With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

“Hadashi no Gen” (Barefoot Gen), based on Keiji Nakazawa’s experiences as an atomic bomb survivor, might never have seen the light of day if not for a comic magazine editor who also survived ...

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar last week, unleashing an immense force equivalent to 334 atomic bombs, according to geologists. The disaster has resulted in the tragic loss of ...

Notably, both services recognized early on that anime represents entertainment's "next big thing." It’s an anime world, and ...

About 40 years ago, she joined an organization of atomic bomb survivors in Tokyo. She became one of Nihon Hidankyo’s assistant secretaries-general in 2015. Still, Wada has been haunted by the ...

Russian forces dropped a powerful FAB-3000 glide bomb on a dam in the village of Popovka in Russia’s Belgorod region. Video of the attack and its aftermath was shared on Russian Telegram channels. The ...

After his big night, Brooks apparently was “allowed” to “bomb” his next two films. “Success can be a demon,” Brooks told The Hollywood Reporter while promoting his upcoming feature ...

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, once criticised by his detractors as an iron-fisted ruler during his first tenure as prime minister from 1981 to 2003, has now accused Anwar Ibrahim of exhibiting dictatorial ...

Police officers have removed two viable pipe bomb type devices from outside a commercial premises on Church Street in Dromore, County Down. A report was made to police at around 11:15 BST on ...

Game anime thrill their viewers for much the same reason Twitch streams do: it's exciting to see people excited by games and share one's beloved hobby with others. Whether they depict card games ...

The posture shift came as Trump threatened to bomb Iran if the country does not strike a deal over its nuclear weapons capabilities. "If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing," he told NBC ...