In Japan, "anime," pronounced "ah-nee-meh," are cartoons that date back to the early 1900s. A related Japanese term is "manga," which refers to animated cartoons and comics in general, not ...

For many, these words have come to define the architecture of Japan, a country that has long served as a source of cultural and technological inspiration for countless societies worldwide.

But some Brazilian children find it difficult to adapt to Japanese schools. I met a Brazilian artist who is encouraging them through his cartoons. Mauricio de Sousa is a popular Brazilian cartoonist.

There is a word in Japanese for people who are obsessed with ... and if he was more awake he could be watching an illustrated cartoon of her singing on YouTube. This is because Akihiko's "wife ...

Take the Toji temple’s 180-foot (55-meter) tall pagoda, constructed in the ... while many nearby buildings collapsed. Japan’s traditional architecture has much in common with that of ...

“That’s how I became familiar with the cartoons, but I didn’t really see it as a job, like a career.” At Barnard, Hwang majored in architecture, which she described as a “more sensible field” to ...

The pagoda is about 50 meters tall, making it the second-tallest wooden pagoda in Japan after the one at Toji temple in Kyoto. It was originally built in 730 by order of Empress Komyo, and has ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

Millions of Japanese viewers of the world's longest-running animated cartoon TV show will have to make do with re-runs from next week after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted production ...

Evoking the past and reflecting the present, architecture and design play a significant part in shaping our perception of a place. Travelers may even be inspired to visit a destination based on ...

Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project - a joyful, democratically-minded concept to share quality architecture in the UK - was borne out of personal crisis. The Swiss-born philosopher and ...