A machine learning animation technology from the same creator whose work was infamously shot down by Studio Ghibli’s Hayao ...

Japan Transportation Minister Tetsuo Saito is seen at a press conference in Siracusa, Italy, on April 23, 2009. File Photo by Claudio Onorati/EPA Oct. 4 (UPI) --The Japanese government will search for ...

Cyclist Paul Salisbury rides through Miyazaki’s warm coastal plains and forested mountains, meeting farmers, fishermen and ...

Miyazaki Prefecture sits on southern Japan’s Kyushu Island, known for its warm climate, professional baseball training camps, and surfable waves. The United States is its largest export destination ...

An unexploded bomb likely dropped by the United States during World War II has exploded at an airport in Japan forcing the cancellation of nearly 90 flights, Japanese officials said. The explosion of ...

On Saturday, February 21, 2026, in collaboration with "JAPAN Fes (*1)," Kirishima Shuzo Co., Ltd., Japan's top (*2) distiller of shochu, will showcase the appeal of the traditional Japanese liquor to ...

So you and your kids wandered into Howl's Moving Castle and it was like getting hit upside the head with a baroque, hand-drawn two-by-four. Who is this Hayao Miyazaki? Are all his movies this bent?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Hayao Miyazaki, right, one of animation's most admired and successful directors, shares a laugh with Toshio Suzuki, ...

The film was released in Japan on Friday, and early viewers are describing an experience of "truly astounding" visual beauty and deep philosophical messages. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief ...

TOKYO, July 14 (Reuters) - (This July 14 story has been corrected to fix description of film to say death of mother, not death of father, in paragraph 3) Without trailers, ads or any promotion at all, ...

The Japanese master of whimsical animation, Hayao Miyazaki, has retired before. This time, he says he really means it. Miyazaki is one of animation's most admired and successful directors. He said ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Ghibli, the Japanese studio that just won its second Oscar for feature animation for “The Boy and The Heron,” hasn’t said yet what it plans next. But founder Hayao Miyazaki, who at 83 was ...