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A new Japanese anime award planned for 2027 should put the people who make anime in the spotlight, industry leaders said at TIFFCOM, the market of the Tokyo International Film Festival. The session was moderated by Fujitsu Ryota, programming advisor for the festival’s animation section. Shimizu Akira, a director of the Association of Japanese Animations […]
Filter straws to a disposable toilet - people in the US, Japan, Sweden and Netherlands on what's in their emergency stashes.
Wales have the opportunity to finish the international year on a high on Saturday as they seek to complete a WXV double over Japan.
Spending on Japanese anime worldwide reached a record JPY4.45 trillion ($28.2 billion) in 2025. That is up 15.8% on the previous year, and overseas consumers now account for well over half of the total. Hasegawa Masahiro, editor-in-chief of the Association of Japanese Animations’ (AJA) annual “Anime Industry Report,” presented the preliminary figures Friday at TIFFCOM, […]
The Japan IP Market will be back in Cannes next May for a second straight year. The Cannes Film Market and TIFFCOM, the content market of the Tokyo International Film Festival, are again teaming up on the event, and the 2027 edition will run May 14-15. The return was revealed at TIFFCOM in Tokyo, during […]
Head coach Sean Lynn makes five changes for Saturday's WXV Test against Japan following last week's impressive second-half performance.
Properties where someone has died in tragic circumstances can have big reductions in price.
Wales head coach Sean Lynn says no shirt is safe as he hints he will make changes for the second WXV Test against Japan on Saturday.
Vice president Takeshi Okada said responses to several World Cup controversies did not align with his personal values.
In shielding Europe's carmakers from Chinese rivals, the EU risks hurting close partners from Turkey and Morocco to Japan and South Korea. Billions in trade and hundreds of thousands of European jobs are at stake.
Daily Capital, a new fund focused on Taiwan-Japan film and television co-productions, launched on the Tokyo International Film Festival market TIFFCOM’s opening day at the “Taiwan Originals: Project Showcase” event. The fund aims to raise NT$100 million (about $3.1 million) and invest in at least five projects across film, television and animation over its first […]
Japan’s entertainment business has to adopt the model that made Hollywood studios global players if the country wants to reach its content export targets, according to Shiina Yasushi, CEO of TIFFCOM, the Tokyo International Film Festival’s content market now heading into its 23rd edition. The Japanese government has set a target of JPY20 trillion ($126.6 […]
Prop Sisilia Tuipulotu has hazy memories of growing up in Tokyo as she bids for back-to-back WXV Global Series wins in Japan with Wales.
Nakama, the start-up behind anime licensing platform AniBiz.com, has raised an initial $6 million in funding from three of Japan’s top anime licensors: TBS Group, Toei Animation and TV Tokyo Holdings. AniBiz was launched in July by Crunchyroll founder Kun Gao along with former Crunchyroll execs Brady McCollum and Sae Whan Song. The site now […]
Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be meeting the leaders of Singapore, Japan and South Korea as Germany seeks to adjust its foreign policy to rising uncertainty and threats to global supply chains.
All survey respondents said they expect the BOJ to set the stage for a rate hike in December or January, as inflation and wages continue to rise.
Prosecutors have indicted Devin Jacob Ballard for a killing that has caused outrage in Japan, local media reports.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be meeting the leaders of Singapore, Japan and South Korea as Germany seeks to adjust its foreign policy to rising uncertainty and threats to global supply chains.
Japan is demanding access to a journalist who was arrested by Russian security services. The Kremlin claims that Japan is using journalists as spies.
