Cats have been an ever-present part of Japanese culture for hundreds of years: sometimes cherished as devoted protectors of ...

Japan is famous for its cat islands, with close to a dozen small landmasses earning the moniker due to their large stray cat populations. However, one of the most famous, Aoshima, located a 30-minute ...

A Japanese actor who was the voice of Doraemon, a cartoon cat robot beloved by children in Japan and other countries has died, her agency said Friday. Nobuyo Oyama was 90. For a quarter of a ...

A study in Japan suggests there may be something after all to the old stereotype that pet cats are generally aloof and indifferent toward their owners while dogs are fiercely protective and loyal.

TOKYO — A Japanese actor who was the voice of "Doraemon," a cartoon cat robot beloved by children in Japan and other countries has died, her agency said Friday. Nobuyo Oyama was 90. For a quarter of a ...

31) about Doraemon, the ultra-popular and well-loved robot cat in Asia. Nov. 17, 2000 Born in Tokyo in 1933, Oyama made her debut as an actor in a 1956 drama on Japan’s NHK public television.

Japanese cat fiction is its own mini-genre; in the past few years, we've seen Sosuke Notsukawa's "The Cat Who Saved Books," Genki Kawamura's "If Cats Disappeared from this World" and Takashi ...