Hong Kong is welcoming a popular Japanese cartoon character this weekend. The blue cat without ears called Doraemon has been a big feature of pop culture around Asia for decades. Yahoo Sports ...

Tom and Jerry have gotten a pretty major rework in Japan, where animators have created a new kawaii (cute) version of the iconic cat and mouse. Cartoon Network Japan, owned by Tom and Jerry IP-holders ...

TOKYO — World sales of Japanese toons fell 6% to $2.2 billion in 2007 compared to 2006, according to figures from the Assn. of Japanese Animations. It’s the first drop since the AJA began conducting ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. By Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo ...

Turns out, it isn’t. As Hello Kitty approaches her 50th anniversary—which will officially occur November 1—fans are in a frenzy over lesser-known facts about the Japanese cartoon character created by ...

Tonko House, the studio founded by filmmakers Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, has partnered with Hulu in Japan to co-produce a short-form series based on the characters from their 2015 Oscar-nominated ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's emerging student pro-democracy movement has adopted a Japanese cartoon hamster, Hamtaro, as a creative way to get support from young people around the country.

TOKYO—The brazen thieves hacked through the shutters of a shop in the suburbs here, smashed glass showcases and nabbed valuables before fleeing into the darkness of the wee hours. Their loot? Pieces ...

Dozens of large Doraemon are standing along the promenade overlooking the Victoria Harbour with Hong Kong island’s skyscraper skyline in the background. (AP video shot by Alice Fung) ...