Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

She had her own office with a litter box and she was paid in cat food. It was a great success! Visitors went out of their way to travel to the little station from all over Japan — and all over ...

Nobuyo Oyama, best known as the raspy voice of Doraemon, the beloved cartoon robotic cat from the future ... read and watched by millions of fans in Japan and across the world and have been ...

The Kind-Hearted Cat Single mother and nursery school teacher Miyuki meets Sri Lankan Kumara while doing volunteer work in northeastern Japan after the 2011 disaster. One year later, the two ...

Any cat lover will know of Japan's famous 'cat islands' like Aoshima and Tashirojima. Known for their many feline residents, these destinations are a paradise for anyone who wants to cuddle up to ...

While Japan’s Diet has enacted a bill calling for decency in election campaign posters, the country’s efforts to prevent votes falling into chaos are starting to resemble a game of cat and mouse.