Japan has pulled a mascot representing a cartoon tritium atom happily floating around in wastewater. People said the cuteness of the mascot undermined a serious issue, local media reported. Japan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Japan, mascots aren’t just for cheering on sports teams — they can be found everywhere from police departments to tourist areas ...

As I sat on a tatami mat in the library of a 300-year-old Kyoto ryokan, my eyes were drawn to a Japanese translation of Walter Isaacson’s book, Steve Jobs. Yes, I was on vacation and, yes, on my ...

That’s what customers and executives at Japan’s Fujiya Co. Ltd. are saying after the confectioner confessed to selling cream puffs and other pastries made from stale ingredients. “Peko-chan,” a ...

Before there was Aloy, Nathan Drake, or even Ratchet and Clank, PlayStation had a pair of mascots in Toro Inoue and Kuro. Today, Sony celebrates the adorable white cat’s birthday, which falls on May 6 ...

Pokemon is one of the biggest franchises in the world, and it has a number of mascots for fans to lean into. From Pikachu to Eevee and beyond, the Pokemon Company has put its faith in a number of ...

Katelyn has been a writer since they learned to hold a pencil, but was a latecomer to the world of gaming, gradually falling in love with video games over the course of high school and college. They ...

While Koronon is the first covid-19 pandemic-specific mascot, other ones have also popped up to help fight the pandemic. Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Roaming the streets ...

Everything in Japan has a mascot. Towns, sports, corporations, train stations—even prisons have mascots themed around local delicacies. In Promise Mascot Agency, those mascots aren't just people ...

In Japan, mascots aren’t just for cheering on sports teams — they can be found everywhere from police departments to tourist areas as a way to attract new visitors. One popular mascot, Kumamon, was ...