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, ...

A lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture through the concept of yokai. Drawing on years of research in Japan, Michael Dylan Foster unpacks ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, the ...