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Live-action Spirited Away stage play announces world tour with first-ever U.S. and Canadian dates
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2026 - Tweet
The Spirited Away stage play will cross over to the other side of the Pacific for the first time ever, plus make its return to the U.K.
- Canada, Japan, Taiwan, UK, USA
- (anime • Live action • manga • spirited away • Spirited Away play • stage plays • Studio Ghibli)
Hatsune Miku successfully wraps Miku Expo 2026 North America tour with 100,000 attendees
- Krista Rogers
Jun 24, 2026
Almost 20 years after her debut, the Vocaloid virtual idol still has plenty of power to draw fans and transcend language barriers around the world.
- Canada, Japan, Mexico, USA
- (concert • Digital Stars • Hatsune Miku • J-Pop • Miku Expo 2026 • music • pop culture • virtual idol • virtual idols • Vocaloid • world tour)
Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service returns to theaters with first-ever IMAX screenings and remaster
- Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2026
Latest proof that Studio Ghibli anime has become prestige international cinema arrives this spring.
- Canada, Japan, USA
- (anime • GKids • Hayao Miyazaki • IMAX • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • video)
Canadian corporation withdraws bid to acquire 7-Eleven Japan and its parent company
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2025
US$47 billion 7-Eleven shopping trip hasn’t gone as hoped.
- Canada, Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • Alimentation Couche-Tard • COK • convenience stores • Seven & i Holdings)
Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki has ideas for a new film after The Boy and the Heron
- Oona McGee
Sep 11, 2023
Out-of-retirement director is no longer looking for retirement.
- Canada, Japan
- (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • Junichi Nishioka • movies • news • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • Toronto International Film Festival • video)
Super Mario Bros. Movie gets Japanese-dub screening in North America
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2023
As the Super Mario Bros. movie finally opens in Japan, its Japanese dub is debuting overseas on the same day.
- Canada, Japan, USA
- (Japanese language • linguistics • movies • nintendo • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. movie • video games)
Canadian reporter in Tokyo impressed by the transportational efficiency of Japan’s mama chari
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2021
Who needs a car when you can fit this many kids on your chari when running errands?
- Canada, Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • bicycles • chari • cool • mama chari • Olympics • Parenting • parents • society • Tokyo Olympics)
Sonic the Hedgehog getting a new CG Netflix series produced in the U.S. and Canada
- Casey Baseel
Feb 2, 2021
Sega video game star to embark on a multiverse “journey of self-discovery and redemption.”
- Canada, Japan, USA
- (Netflix • Sega • Sonic • Sonic the Hedgehog • video games)
Tokyo Olympics loses first participant as Canada withdraws from Games over coronavirus concerns
- Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2020
Canadian Olympic and Paralympic teams won’t be heading to Japan this summer, and one other nation is already following suit.
- Australia, Canada, Japan
- (2020 Olympics • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • Olympics • paralympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
Canadian learns to speak proper Japanese by becoming comedian, pouring tea for his master
- Katie Pask
Dec 28, 2019
Katsura Sunshine brings a fresh look to a 400-year-old style of Japanese comedy.
- Canada, Japan
- (canadian • comedian • comedy • cool • foreigners in Japan • Japanese language • keigo • learning japanese • linguistics • rakugo • video)
New Studio Ghibli clocks let you keep an eye on the time with your favourite anime characters
- Oona McGee
Dec 17, 2019
Movies like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbour Totoro feature in the exclusive new collection.
- Canada, Japan
- (anime • clocks • COK • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli My Neighbour Totoro sweater is the anime knitwear we need this winter
- Oona McGee
Nov 9, 2019
Premium GBL clothing line brings us a Catbus that’s been hand-knit in Canada.
- Canada, Japan
- (anime • Catbus • COK • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • GBL • knitted sweater • knitwear • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • sweaters • Totoro)
Rugby World Cup: Captain Michael Leitch melts hearts with the reason why he plays for Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 16, 2019
Kindness at the time of a family tragedy leads Leitch to pledge his allegiance to the Japanese team as a teenager.
- Canada, Japan
- (canada • Fukuoka • funny • LOL • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • twitter • videos • yukata)
Canadian rugby team volunteers in typhoon-struck Japan following cancellation of World Cup match
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2019
Typhoon Hagibis brought Team Canada’s World Cup campaign to an early finish, but the kindhearted athletes still had one more thing to do in Japan.
- Canada, Japan
- (canada • moving • rugby • Rugby World Cup • sports • touching • typhoon • video • volunteer)
Rugby World Cup: Ireland fans sing for Japan outside convenience store after defeat
- SoraNews24
Oct 1, 2019
They may have lost the match, but their sportsmanship won them fans around the country.
- Canada, Europe, Japan
- (Ireland • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • twitter • videos)
Japan fans call Rugby World Cup player Luke Thompson “kawaii” for the way he speaks Japanese
- Oona McGee
Oct 1, 2019
An unlikely cute icon emerges from left field.
- Canada, Japan
- (canada • cute • Fukuoka • funny • LOL • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • twitter • videos • yukata)
Rugby World Cup 2019: Team Canada jumps off bus in yukata kimono…dressed like the dead
- Oona McGee
Sep 27, 2019
Embarrassing fashion faux pas has these players dressed in the same way that Japanese people dress dead bodies.
- Canada, Japan
- (canada • cute • Fukuoka • funny • LOL • news • rugby • Rugby World Cup • RWC • sport • sports • twitter • videos • yukata)
Japanese pro concept artist updates sketch he drew in junior high with amazing results
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2018
13 years later and an ocean away from where he grew up, this illustrator proves the seed of greatness was always present in his artwork.
- Canada, Japan
- (art • character design • cool • illustration)
Photo of Canadian cops doing something that would be unthinkable in Japan goes viral
- Casey Baseel
Jul 4, 2018
None of the natives at this Canada Day celebration seemed to care, but in Japan, this would never happen.
- Canada, Japan
- (cultural differences • funny • o\coffee • police • police officers • society • weird)
Studio behind anime hit Your Name creates dazzling video showing the beauty of Canada【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2017
Couple’s romantic journey across the country shows off the warm side of a Canadian winter.
- Canada, Japan
- (ad • anime • CoMix Wave Films • cool • Makoto Shinkai • movies • travel • your name.)
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