On Monday, the United States, Japan, and 10 other Pacific Rim nations announced that they have completed negotiations for the multilateral trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP has been described as the largest regional trade accord in history, acc...

Animation studio Shaft has opened a website for an exhibition tour titled Madogatari-ten (Madogatari Exhibition). The studio, founded in 1975, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and will take the exhibition to three cities in Japan—Tokyo, Osaka, and Sapporo. Shaft gain...