Demon Slayer boasts a very large cast of characters, but some in particular haven't managed to earn too much love from ...

Hayao Miyazaki discusses the symbolism behind Spirited Away's enigmatic character No-Face, 25 years after the film's release.

Japanese automakers have long been praised for reliability and value, but new owner data shows that dependability does not ...

Added merged font that supports formatting special characters on the page, e.g., 〜, ♪. Added filtering mechanism to cull out text boxes that in fact have no texts, which improves OCR and final results ...

Japan is using AI to fight manga piracy, shut down illegal sites, and speed up official translations for fans worldwide.

Developer Bertrand Quenin recently released an open-source project called "Interpreter" that aims to provide real-time translation for Japanese retro games. The tool can capture Japanese text ...

Gamers are angry at the philosophy of Square Enix's 15-year localization director after he shared his thoughts on X.

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani look all set for a Japanese superfight next spring after big wins Saturday in Riyadh.

It's often said that sometimes real life is stranger than fiction, and rightly so! In a bizarre incident, a Japanese woman recently got married to her artificial intelligence (AI) partner that she ...

A woman in Japan has married an AI-generated character based on a video game persona, sparking debates about the intersection of human relationships with artificial intelligence. Yurina Noguchi, 32, a ...

Google Translate is rolling out new features that leverage Gemini, including live translation with headphones. Google Translate is now leveraging “advanced Gemini capabilities” to “improve ...