The fans are stomping and clapping as the Japanese duo known as Puffy warble a disco tune. The stars toss their auburn-dyed hair and pace the stage, dressed in jumpsuits and cloddy sneakers. They ...

The members of Chai can’t stop smiling. On a Wednesday night in early September, the Japanese quartet is making its live New York debut, and their presence is sheer glee. Mana, Kana, Yuki, and Yuna ...

Just when you think Japan has more than enough adorable mascots and characters, one has stolen the spotlight. Bird watching is a popular pastime in Japan as diligent conservation efforts and the ...

"Gross" characters are proliferating in a country known for kawaii, and now even local governments' mascots are trying to out-weird one another. Long considered the global capital of cute, Japan is ...

The highly anticipated Cute Robot Japanese Kitchen quietly opened its doors on Tuesday evening at 704 S. 2nd St. in Walker’s Point, offering guests a first taste of their diverse menu of comforting ...

If there is a product, then a Japanese company probably has a cute character for it. Usually, it doesn’t seem to matter what the product is. Case in point: the enema-themed character “Kan-chan.” ...

From the country that brought you cat cafes and soccer-playing robots comes the next big thing in cute: hamster butts. The furry pheonemon known as hamuketsu is a portmanteau of hamster and ketsu, the ...