A traveler at heart, Brianna is a risk-taker and goal chaser. Ever since she saw her brother playing Ocarina of Time on their N64, her path was set. In 2021, she graduated from California State ...

Currently, anyone in Japan is free to dress as their favorite characters. But it might not stay free for them to do so. The Japanese government is proposing big copyright law changes for those who ...

Dressing up at the World Cosplay Summit can be makeup-meltingly sweaty in Japan's baking summer, and after this year's event in record heat, organizers have pushed the 2027 edition to November. The ...

These days, cosplay functions as a 40 billion yen industry and has a large impact on Japan’s economy. Now, before moving on, please allow me to clarify that "cosplay" to Japan does not only refer to ...

TOKYO — Japan reacted with fear and disbelief Tuesday to reports that the nation had discovered its first suspected case of “mad cow” disease. Reluctant to take any chances, Singapore, Taiwan, South ...

Once upon a time, cosplay was a hobby, a just-for-fun activity that was a fan-initiated side attraction at anime conventions. But as time went by, cosplayers began rapidly upping the quality of their ...

MANILA, Philippines – Daiso Japan Philippines teamed up for the first time with Cosplay.ph — the leading Cosplay website and online community and the squad behind popular events related to animé, ...

TOKYO - A dairy cow has tested positive for mad cow disease in the Chiba area of Japan, near Tokyo, the agriculture ministry said today, signalling the first case reported in Asia. However, ministry ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

Officials in Japan have confirmed the country's first case of mad cow disease in cattle raised to provide meat, an official of the Health Ministry said Friday. A 14-year-old cow in the southern ...

TOKYO – Japanese authority's recommendation to stop testing imports of U.S. beef from young cattle for mad cow disease was a "very small step" in a process that was still too slow and cumbersome in ...

McDonald’s Corp. cannot escape mad cow. Just as its sales begin to recover from an outbreak of the brain-wasting cattle disease in Europe, the world’s largest fast-food chain must contend with the ...