Over 30 years, Pokemon has become one of the biggest franchises in the world, grossing billions of dollars and becoming a source of global soft power for Japan.

Originally called Pocket Monsters in Japan, Pokemon started with Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori. They created the concept for a monster collecting and trading game in the early 90s. The idea was ...

“Pokémon Concierge,” an unusual, animated miniseries, will launch on Netflix at the end of December. The first collaboration between the global streamer and Japanese firm The Pokémon Company, the show ...

Slowpoke may be one of the laziest-looking Pokémon, but he has an official job promoting Japan’s smallest region — and is now ...