Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A mythical mermaid monster from Japanese folklore has made a resurgence in the country’s popular culture ...

Yokai (Japanese spirits) and mythical creatures of Japanese lore have inspired artists, writers and poets for millennia. However, as the Japanese culture has changed, so have depictions of the ...

Being in the dark can cause people to feel terrified, but it can also spark imagination. In Japanese folklore, yokai, or imaginary monsters, emerged at a time when the only light available at night ...

The mummy, which has been housed at the Enju-in Temple in Asakuchi City, Japan for many years, is around one foot long, and has a hairy, monkey-like upper body, a scaled fish-like tail, and pointed ...

In remote locations, far from the eyes of foreign tourists, Shinto temples across Japan claim to house the ancient, mummified remains of everything from ogres to mermaids. These artifacts are commonly ...

It's creepy, but it's also lovely. Ghostwire: Tokyo's universe has been extensively renovated to portray a realistic replica of Tokyo in a world inhabited by Japanese mythological creatures. Ghostwire ...

How ancient history and modern calamities have cultivated a national obsession with menacing creatures. By Aatish Taseer Photographs by Tess Ayano ON A BLUSTERY afternoon last November, I stood on the ...

Over much of Japanese history, many mythical creatures were created as a way to understand and cope with the unpredictable ...