Since we were visiting Japan with two young Pokémon lovers, we made sure to include plenty of cool Pokémon stuff in our ...

Her descendants, the emperors, are called ‘Sons of the Sun’, and Japan is often referred to as ‘Land of the Rising Sun’. All of these things help ... with its cool white background.

“We believe that Japan’s ability to create things is part of Cool Japan,” an industry ministry official said. But that strategy would hamper the government’s original purpose for the ...