A Taiwanese tourist faced intense online backlash after vigorously shaking cherry blossom trees in Japan to create a romantic “cherry blossom rain” for photos. The unidentified woman was ...

To mark the 2025 Wallpaper* Design Awards, the Japanese architect talks to us about 2024, the year ahead, and materiality, nature, diversity and technological advances ...

For many people, the first thing that comes to mind when they hear “Japan” is anime, and rightfully so. It is often the gateway that allows people around the world to experience Japanese culture and ...

In 1953, Christian Dior was the first Western couturier to show his collections in Japan, the culmination of his lifelong ... Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*, joining the team ...

TOKYO – A growing number of foreign tourists are visiting locations in Japan that are featured in anime. The generation that grew up watching anime is visiting real-life anime locations ...

anime, comics, and games. He has been writing professionally for over a decade. Set in an alternate version of feudal Japan, the series follows an alien soldier who crash-lands on Earth after ...

who revealed how Rain was already married to Yuke and thus was Yuke's "property" according to Salmutarian customs. Yuke Feldio as seen in the anime (Image via Bandai Namco Pictures) Being a ...

TOKYO – April 28, 2025 – J-pop sensation Travis Japan is back with an electrifying new single, “Would You Like One?”, out now via Capitol Records / Universal Music Japan. The track ...

Nintendo revealed last week the preorder lottery details in Japan for its recently announced Nintendo Switch 2 console. Lottery pre-orders for the new console will begin on April 24 in retailers ...

A month ago Dodgers gear festooned with colorful flowers in the unmistakable designs of acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi ... iconic art that features manga, anime, cartoons and brightly colored ...

Studio Ghibli Inc. has released free background wallpapers to let the increasing number of people using video chats to work from home or take online classes amid the novel coronavirus pandemic ...

Rain and long lines failed to dampen the enthusiasm as excited crowds of Japanese and international visitors flocked to the Osaka Expo’s opening of its six-month run on Yumeshima island in Osaka.