It’s tough to find an appropriate analogy for the Ghibli sale; the only one that comes close is Disney's purchase of Pixar for $7.4 billion in 2006.

While you won’t see much unlicensed Ghibli merch for sale at retail shops in Japan, it’s not hard to find at anime and pop culture shops overseas, or online for that matter. The studio is saying that ...

Former SIE president Shuhei Yoshida blamed the closure of PlayStation's Japan Studio on market conditions, stating that the double-A market for games has disappeared.

The closure of Sony's Japan Studio "wasn't necessarily a surprise" to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who likened it to "pruning a bonsai". "That was sad," he said. "It wasn't necessarily a ...

Japan’s famously risk-averse broadcasters and studios have woken up to the world outside Japan and are making a bold move on the U.S. and other international markets.