Edward Bickersteth heard a sermon about peace. Later that Sunday afternoon he visited a terminally ill friend and the friend asked about the sermon, since he hadn’t been able to be there. Bickersteth ...

A Japanese anime professor, explores how its narratives intertwine with cultural, philosophical and religious traditions.

Today, the Dragon Ballfandom is mourning the loss of one of its own. Following the death of series creator Akira Toriyama in ...

Many have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime, exploring how its narratives intertwine with cultural, ...

In a time when the chaos of news-by-the-minute assaults the senses of those who yearn for perspective and analysis, it can be instructive to look back to April 1945, a month that gave the world 30 ...

Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.

At the centre of the story of Ice World is an insurance investigator working at Los Angeles Insurance Company. He stumbles ...

Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after ...

Those familiar with Japanese mythology will recognize the place as being a powerful spot connected to the country’s creation. In the “Kojiki”--the oldest historical record of ancient Japan ...

By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo A young female online influencer in Japan was stabbed to death while livestreaming on a Tokyo street by a man whom the police identified as a follower with a ...

Mogami Ai, a popular Japanese voice actor and live streamer, was stabbed to death by an alleged 'anti-fan' while she was streaming on Whowatch in Shinjuku, Tokyo, local media outlets reported on ...