Japan-based mobile messaging company Line raised eyebrows in May when it revealed that it made $17 million from selling stickers during the first quarter of 2013. Last year stickers were all but ...

Usually, the mood inside Japan’s sticker picture booths is cheery and bright. Grab your friends, flash your biggest smiles for the camera, and start mentally planning out what cool or cute stamps or ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Tomoko Hyatt has no formal art training, but her designs are in high demand across Japan, displayed by tens of thousands of people and growing in popularity. Hyatt, a civilian ...

Japan has been really hard at work in preparation for the Olympic Games, and a whole slew of changes have been made in an attempt to help tourists adapt, from a revision in map icons to lifting the ...

Photo sticker booths are still popular among young people in Japan even in the age of social media. Makers showed off their latest models at an amusement industry trade show in Tokyo. About 50 ...

The cute egg character adopts different costumes and shapes appropriate to each prefecture. For Akita, Gudetama is dressed up as a Namahage, a traditional oni (Japanese demon); while in Miyagi ...