While Japan’s human diplomats struggle to quell rising tensions with China over the South and East China Sea, their “anime ambassador”—a red bean pancake loving, 22nd century CGI cartoon ...

Tsubame Industries CEO Ryo Yoshida said that Japan was very good at animation, games, robots and automobiles so he thought it would be great if he could create a product that compressed all these ...

The Japanese Film Festival is returning with 31 films that reflect 2024’s theme of Continuity. Co-organised by Japan Creative Centre, Embassy of Japan in Singapore, Japan Foundation and ...

Japanese scientists grew up watching robot cartoons, so they all want to make two-legged companions. But are they realistic? Do consumers really want home-helper robots? July 16, 2009 05:18 am JST 5 ...

The image in Japan, largely inspired by the cartoon culture, is of robots serving as human helpmates, and that is how the trio of robot makers is pitching the humanoid models they are bringing to ...

A 60-foot-tall replica of a Gundam Robot in Japan that actually moves has been taken for a test spin, with videos showing it kneeling, moving its head and pointing to the sky in a fluid motion ...