In Studio Ghibli’s beloved 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film My Neighbor Totoro, the titular character Totoro is an adorable furry giant who lives in the forest. An important scene in the film ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A city in Japan has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help preserve a stretch of pristine forest that inspired Hayao Miyazaki ...

Fans of “My Neighbor Totoro” can buy cream puffs, cookies and cakes in the shape of Totoro, the magical forest spirit and the animated film’s titular character, at a bakery in Tokyo’s Setagaya ...

Totoro breads from the BUJSA Totoro Bread Sale. The breads were sold on campus Tuesday–Friday of last week. PHOTO COURTESY KIRI KAKU Three students, a Japanese flag and a couple of empty boxes ...

Remember when "Hello Kitty" came to the United States from Japan back in the early 1980s? Well, a new exhibit at the Children's Museum takes that fascination with Japanese culture a huge step further ...

The city of Tokorozawa is the subject of a new picture book and on the website for the book, Suzuki tells the story of how Miyazaki showed him where he got the idea for the beloved character. The book ...