In Ichinono, a small rural village in Japan, life-sized dolls have become part of everyday life, adding a sense of activity to an otherwise quiet community. These dolls are carefully crafted by ...

A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child ...

As Hello Kitty's commercial success expanded beyond Asia, so did her personal profile. By the late 1970s, Sanrio revealed the ...

This stylish all-brass key ring, made by a Japanese outdoor company, has six individual rings—plenty for the upper and lower front-door locks, a car, a package drop box, a bike lock, or a shed ...

Nikkatsu, the venerable Japanese studio which is representing ... The film is a story of friendship and growth between characters Koma, Momoiro and Haiiro as they go through a series of emotions ...

Shinzen is officially a friendship garden and was built partly in dedication to Kochi, Fresno’s sister city in Japan. It recognizes “the significant role of early Japanese immigrants and ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...

After returning home, the boy forms a true friendship with the sea creature by introducing his new companion to his life on ...

And that’s just in Japan, her literal birthplace but not ... (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) “The main theme of Hello Kitty is friendship. When I first created it, I made a family of which Kitty ...