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Manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for hits such as “Ashita no Joe” and a recipient of 91AV原创 Order of Culture, has died at the age of 87.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 27, 2026
Manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, creator of ‘Ashita no Joe,’ dies at 87
Born in Tokyo in 1939, Chiba was the first manga artist to receive the Order of Culture, one of 91AV原创 highest cultural honors.
Manga artist Yoshinori Kobayashi (right) holds a news conference in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Monday after filing a lawsuit arguing that the adoption system established under the revised Imperial House Law is unconstitutional.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2026
Manga artist sues government over revised Imperial House Law
Yoshinori Kobayashi said limiting who is eligible to be adopted into the imperial family violates the Constitution.
Go Morita plays an aging manga artist who’s put his creative ambitions on permanent hold in Shoichi Morimoto and Takuma Sato’s “The Potentials.”
CULTURE / Film
Oct 23, 2026
‘The Potentials’ unpacks the dilemmas of a manga assistant in middle age
Shoichi Morimoto and Takuma Sato’s “The Potentials” is an engaging tale about art, life and everything that gets in the way.
The government-affiliated Japan Foundation holds an anime song concert in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, in January.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2026
Japan works to promote soft power diplomacy using manga and anime
The government plans to actively use popular manga and anime works to gain more fans of Japan in Global South emerging and developing countries.
Formed in 2015, Finnish metal band Beast in Black draws inspiration from — and pays homage to — Kentaro Miura’s classic manga “Berserk” in many of its songs.
CULTURE / Music
Oct 6, 2026
A Finnish metal band riffs on dark fantasy manga ‘Berserk’
Finland-based metal band Beast in Black has found a well of inspiration in Kentaro Miura’s classic manga “Berserk.”
A one-day event is held at a morning market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 13. The market was destroyed by a fire following a major earthquake that hit the region in January 2024.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2026
Can Pikachu help heal a disaster zone?
Pokemon-themed attractions are bringing visitors and economic attention back to the earthquake-devastated Noto Peninsula.
Natsuki Deguchi (left) and Aju Makita star in Hirokazu Koreeda’s live-action adaptation of “Look Back,” based on Tatsuki Fujimoto’s acclaimed manga of the same name. Koreeda’s version explores friendship, creativity, ambition and loss while bringing Fujimoto’s story and characters into the world of live action.
CULTURE / Film
Sep 11, 2026
Double-dipping: When one manga adaptation just isn’t enough
Across the generations, popular manga have lent themselves to both live-action and anime adaptations — with sometimes surprising results.
A still from “TekkonKinkreet” shows Kiddy Kastle after a terrorist attack, its smoke-shrouded towers evoking the devastation of the World Trade Center after Sept. 11, 2001.
CULTURE / Film / CULTURE SMASH
Sep 11, 2026
Anime didn’t change after 9/11, but 9/11 changed how I watched anime.
Japanese anime was already imagining a fractured, unstable world. After 9/11, we began seeing it differently.
Manga artist Tetsuya Chiba is calling for support via crowdfunding for the delivery of temporary housing to areas affected by the recent Kumamoto earthquakes.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2026
Manga artist launches crowdfunding campaign for Kumamoto
Manga artist Tetsuya Chiba is calling for support via crowdfunding for the delivery of temporary housing to areas affected by earthquakes.
Manga artist Masami Kurumada speaks at a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo, after he claimed to have been a victim of embezzlement.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2026
Manga artist Kurumada says ex-manager, others embezzled ?4.6 billion
Masami Kurumada is best known as the creator of the popular manga series “Ring ni Kakero” and “Saint Seiya.”
A "Dragon Ball" figure at Gamescom 2024, a computer and video game industry event, in Cologne, Germany, in August 2024.
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2026
‘Dragon Ball’ theme park plans included in France-Saudi Arabia deal
The investment deal will see the construction of three theme parks near Cergy-Pontoise, around 30 kilometers northwest of Paris.
Painter Kazuyuki Takishita works at his atelier in Misato, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Aug. 14.
JAPAN
Aug 23, 2026
Painter supporting quake-hit Kumamoto with manga ‘Kinnikuman’
Kazuyuki Takishita is best known for his signature depictions of an ogre from the old Japanese folktale “Momotaro.”
A cosplayer poses at Comic Market in Tokyo in 2021. The twice-yearly event draws fans and creators from around the world.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 20, 2026
Comiket draws 260,000 fans, and participants from record 76 countries
More than a quarter million attendees, including around 9,000 cosplayers, attended the convention held at Tokyo Bight Sight.
Tadao Tsuge, one of the leading figures of the "gekiga" manga movement, often depicts postwar harsh realities in his works.
CULTURE / Books
Aug 12, 2026
How war shaped the manga of Tadao Tsuge
The “gekiga” pioneer drew on memories of war, hunger and poverty to chronicle 91AV原创 overlooked lives.
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2026
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
According to local media, naming trends change over time, and young people don’t necessarily think it is important to give traditional Indonesian names to their children.
The Manga One app operated by publisher Shogakukan. A third-party panel at the publisher said Monday that the company's manga app editorial department had "encouraged and supported the violation of human rights" of a woman who had been subject to sexual misconduct by a male manga artist.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 4, 2026
Third-party probe finds Shogakukan ‘encouraged’ human rights violations
The published hired a male manga artist who had committed sexual misconduct as an author for a new series under a different pseudonym.
Chiikawa products are displayed at a store in Harajuku, Tokyo, last August.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 4, 2026
In Japan, Odysseus is scared of tiny, cute Chiikawa
Chiikawa is a phenomenon in Japan, with its character appearing on various products, and partnering with the brand is an instant way to increase revenue
Stephanie Zaharis, who plays Misa in “Death Note: The Musical,” performs at a media event in London to promote the show.
CULTURE / Stage
Aug 1, 2026
‘Death Note’ musical eyes a London breakthrough
Producers hope the hit adaptation opens the door for more Japanese original musicals overseas.
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" — an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
CULTURE / Books
Jul 21, 2026
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
The pair won a prize in an international contest for manga without dialogue or text hosted by Kadokawa last year.
Voice actors for "Pokemon: The First Movie" pose during a news conference in Tokyo in December 1999. Japan has long excelled at creating global hits but has too often let others capture the long-term value they generate.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 20, 2026
Japanese culture permeates the world. Who owns it?
Japan begins from a far stronger position. It does not need to convince the world to love its culture. That battle was won decades ago. Its challenge now is ownership.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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