VTubers, or Virtual YouTubers, are not a new phenomenon, but have grown in popularity during Covid-19. On a basic level, they ...

Kawaii Lab main producer Misa Kimura, a former idol herself, is giving her performers more control over their image and sound ...

Pretty Derby is a racing simulator where anime girls are the reincarnations of real-life Japanese racehorses, and it just ...

Mary Cassatt is an American impressionist known for her radical take on art with feminine subjects. The exhibit called "Mary ...

Pokemon fans come in all ages and sizes, but players who are out to buy the rarest and most expensive cards may have some ...

Linnea Kataja and Bellamy Luna Brooks are artists in the Japanese anime industry. Linnea is a keyframe supervisor; her work ...

Powerful. Fractured. Rich. Neglected. These are all words that respondents to the statewide survey “Making Waves,” released just last month, used to describe the Asian American Pacific Islander art ...

Tan’s Ascent is a reminder of Van Gogh’s passion for Japanese prints. As the Pola exhibition so vividly expresses, Japanese artists have in turn fallen in love with Van Gogh.

Exploitative contracts that force young female Japanese pop stars to forego relationships and sex are at the heart of director Koji Fukada's latest film, which has premiered in Cannes.

Exploitative contracts that force young female Japanese pop stars to forego relationships and sex are at the heart of director Koji Fukada's latest film, which has premiered in Cannes.

At the idol bars and theaters — venues dedicated to musical acts like AKB48, which was named after the area — they wave glow sticks in colors that correspond to their favorite performers.

They, of course, are not chika idols – they’re major idols, the most major of all idols, having sold more records than any girl group in Japanese pop history, the Mainichi Shimbun reported in 2019.