Bethesda and Tango Gameworks’ Ghostwire Tokyo has plenty of cultural influences found in the game, and with it being set in the studio’s home country, there are excellent opportunities to learn more ...

In the run up to the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the UK, there's an online exhibit titled The Legend of Yokai. According to the exhibit, before the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles emerged ...

Yōkai – traditional ghosts and monsters – have been a fixture of Japanese popular culture since its beginnings in the 17th century. Now, with the global popularity of Japanese comics and animation, ...

FUKUSAKI, Hyogo -- This town in western Japan that uses mythological beasts in Japanese folklore, known as "yokai," to promote its local culture has started a rental car service using "Gajiro," a ...

The Hello Kitty and Friends Yokai Figure series is starting to appear in Bandai Namco's Gashapon machines in the US and ...

Halloween is a frothy foreign import in Japan, an excuse to have a party and eat sweets. Monsters, though, are a more serious matter. They are indigenous and reputed to be everywhere. One is called ...

The world is aflame. Fires burn all around and the ground glows red, but my attention is consumed by something else: the demon Kuma Doji, towering in front of me, wielding a scythe so large that my ...

Tourists gathered around a murky pond in a park in Fukusaki in southwestern Hyogo Prefecture of Japan, despite the extremely hot weather on a weekend in early August. They were intently watching the ...

One interesting thing about the Overwatch 2 universe is that not every meaningful character is a playable hero. Tracer’s girlfriend Emily is a regular woman, Talon’s banker Maximilien seemingly has no ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Legend of the Yokai is a short film and fan-art compendium website that was made to promote the 2014 film. The film's subject focuses on the Kappa Yokai, a team of four ...