Japan’s cosplay culture has attracted fans all over the world. And one photographer at the center of this culture is Yuji Sudo. This August he is holding his first solo exhibition for a series called ...

In the past year or two, there’s been a lot of hype around the subscription commerce market, and the Japan market is no exception. There is Sakelife, which delivers you nice Japanese sake every month, ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japanese cosplay event series Acosta made its overseas debut in Taiwan on Friday, marking its first event outside of Japan. Cosplay, short for “costume play,” refers to the act ...

Mexican representatives to the World Cosplay Summit were crowned Grand Champions on Saturday. The pair secured Mexico's first victory with their Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask skit and costumes.

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When it comes to cosplay, there are a number of well-known cosplayers such as Enako from Japan, Baozi and Hana from China, and Hakken from Malaysia. But did you know there is a feline cosplayer from ...

Its beginnings were humble. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Japanese fans went to manga and anime conventions dressed as their favorite characters. There’s a long history of people dressing as ...

the government plans to review commercial copyright rules regarding fair use by the end of the fiscal year in March. While wearing a character costume does not infringe copyright, a violation could ...

The word yokocho, or “alley” is often used in Japan to refer to a narrow side street lined with izakaya taverns and restaurants, all clustered together in a small space to create a lively atmosphere ...

Many might scoff at the fact that some people love wearing costumes of their favorite animated characters or superheroes or video game characters and act like them but “cosplay” (“costume play”), as ...