2025 KUMAMOTO — Kumamon, the widely beloved mascot for Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture, had received 4,585 New Year’s cards from within the country and abroad as of Monday. The character said it will ...

In the Netflix limited series “Missing You,” Rosalind Eleazar of “Slow Horses” stars as a woman seeking answers about the murder of her father — and her missing fiancée. It’s based on ...

Public schools in the city of Kumamoto are adapting to a surge in international students, many from Taiwan, following the arrival of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and other ...

Step in PolyBuzz (formerly Poly.AI) and Character AI, which apply generative AI to fictional characters that allow users to interact in a more human-like way. Both tools allow you to create your ...

The factory in Kumamoto Prefecture produces logic chips with 12 to 28 nanometer process technologies for use in cars and image sensors for customers such as Sony Group Corp. and auto parts maker Denso ...

That's what we're finding out in this feature. OK, it would have to be a pretty big room because some of these characters transcend literal space and time, but still, their power is quantifiable.