Brazilian children in Japan drawing courage from cartoons Among them are many Brazilians -- a community that has been one of the biggest groups of foreigners to Japan since the 1990s.

Anime, once commonly referred to as Japanese cartoons, has become a global phenomenon in recent years. Despite existing for many years, its surge in popularity is a relatively recent development.

In general, children of Asian descent seem to have less of a fantasy orientation than Euro-American children. Moriguchi and Todo (2018; 2019) found that children in Japan are 2.9 to 3.3 times less ...

I moved to Japan for what I thought was going to be one year of teaching English. I met a Japanese man, got married, had kids, and have stayed here. I quickly realized my American parenting style ...

Randoseru, the traditional Japanese school bag, dates back to the Meiji era and symbolizes discipline and educational growth.For Japanese kids, the randoseru is more than just a bag—it’s a ...

In Japan, she wants to play a part in keeping children safe. Bellucci has a two-year-old son. Language and cultural barriers mean her video is not quite suitable for a Japanese audience, so ...

Through Japan’s pop culture boom of the 2000s, many parents embraced the trend of giving their children unique, attention-grabbing names as a form of personal expression.

Nobuyo Oyama, best known as the raspy voice of Doraemon, the beloved cartoon robotic cat from the future, has died. She was 90. Oyama, who voiced Doraemon for more than a quarter century, died of ...

The Japanese authorities have taken up the issue of too "creative" names, which parents sometimes call their children. "Anime-like" names eventually become a cause of bullying. This is reported by The ...

Children eat ice creams on July 22, 2018 in Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. New research has suggested that gait of Japanese children is unique to children from the rest of the world.

No rule requires Japan’s elementary school students to wear the boxy, bulky backpack known as the randoseru. But for nearly 150 years, nearly all of them have.