Each year that the World Cosplay Summit is held in the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, the mayor of Nagoya and governor of Aichi Prefecture are there, too. They attend not only to show ...

NAGOYA, Japan — It takes intense dedication, hours of prep and a whole lot of sewing: dressing up as Japanese characters may not be an Olympic sport, but these competitors are at the top of their game ...

Dressing up at the World Cosplay Summit can be makeup-meltingly sweaty in Japan's baking summer, and after this year's event in record heat, organizers have pushed the 2027 edition to November. The ...

Japan Day made a welcome return on Sunday, February 26 to a full house inside the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston. Created and hosted by the Japanese Embassy to further cultural exchange and ...

In room 048 of Scott Laboratory, a group of students is finding a way to become their favorite characters from anime and manga thanks to OSU’s Cosplay Club. Cosplay is the practice of dressing up as a ...

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 ...

Comiket keeps creepy photographers away and asks that they always ask for permission to take someone’s photo. Last weekend, a large event in Japan known as Comiket – or Comic Market – enforced rules ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - You can call it Jane Eyre meets the Addams family, but for the hundreds of Japanese girls who dress in Victorian dresses trimmed with lace, eyes rimmed with heavy black makeup, ...

The Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has now spent 13 weeks in the box office top five charts and is one of the biggest Hollywood films in Japan since 2000, thanks to karaoke screenings, Cosplay ...