He is Masanobu Kagawa, the chief curator at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History, and the first Japanese to get his doctorate in the study of yokai. In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun ...

The Yokai Ubume was said to be a ghostly woman appearing at night, asking passersby to hold her child under threat of death.

It's been quite a week for Pokemon fans, and especially those with a soft-spot for the beloved Johto region starter, ...

Many anime pay homage to Japanese folklore and Naruto is filled with characters inspired by these legends, such as the Sannin ...

LAHORE: An exhibition of Japanese artworks titled Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan opened at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, on Tuesday. The event was organised by The Japan Foundation ...

Cats have been an ever-present part of Japanese culture for hundreds of years: sometimes cherished as devoted protectors of Buddhist scriptures, other times feared as devious yokai (supernatural ...

Pokemon fans have re-translated a bizarre story of Typhlosion having a child with a human, and it appears aspects were ...

Somehow, this lends credibility. Yet as I explore in my book THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI many of Japan's most famous yokai come from an artist's pen. Let's take a look at some of the most ...

Natsume's Book of Friends Season 7 is based on the manga series by Yuki Midorikawa. The anime series is streaming on ...

All of the various reboots of the franchise by having appearances by many of the same yōkai (a class of relatively low-ranking supernatural creatures in Japanese mythology) with similar character ...

Publisher FINE and developer Shadow Glove has announced Yokai Landlord: Monster Mystery!, a Werewolf game-style social deduction adventure game for PC (Steam). It will launch in 2025 with English, ...

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore, we follow the cry of the Konakijiji, a Yokai that resembles an old man but with a voice like a weeping infant. It's said to lure ...