Niigata is a hotspot on the national ramen map, with fierce competition among various schools of noodles served there. One popular version is Nagaoka’s shōga-jōyu ramen, blending soy and ...

Japanese-American animation artist and filmmaker John Aoshima, recently co-director of the Netflix feature Ultraman: Rising, has signed an exclusive multi-year overall development deal with Warner ...

Filmmaker John Aoshima has entered into a multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Deadline has learned.

Aoshima, an island just off the coast in the northern part of Miyazaki Prefecture’s Nichinan Kaigan region, is designated a special natural monument as the home of 27 tropical and subtropical ...

Fewer than 10% of Japan’s 6,852 islands are inhabited. But among those 400 or so, travelers are treated to a rich tapestry of natural treasures, deep-seated mysticism, thriving cultural assets ...

Aoshima has unveiled one of the craziest and most badass crossover creations to date as they combine the hit anime series Evangelion with the Godzilla franchise. That is right, NERV has done the ...

There are many reasons to visit Miyazaki, especially when the weather further north is still wintry. Miyazaki is semi-tropical, with plenty of sunshine and swaying palms. It has some beautiful beaches ...

The island of Aoshima, part of Japan’s Ehime Prefecture, is commonly considered a feline paradise. While it’s not Japan’s only cat island, it’s the most famous, attracting visitors both domestic and ...

An army of cats rules Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture in southern Japan. Curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering ...

Aoshima island is a dwindling fishing community of elderly people who live mainly off retirement benefits. The official population is 22 but there are more than 120 cats living and running wild ...

Visitors are flocking to a remote island in southern Japan, where an army of feral cats now outnumbers humans six to one.