Visitors to Osaka Expo were treated to a dance recital by mascot characters from various countries in a recent event ...

NATO will participate in the 2025 edition of the World Expo in Japan. Taking place in Osaka, Kansai, the theme for this ...

Seiko Hashimoto has been elected president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman to head the body.

The Artesians will play a NW Division Title Match at the Regional Athletic Complex Friday, June 27, 2025, with a kickoff at 7 ...

Crypto prices rose on Wednesday, riding the same relief wave that lifted global equities after Iran and Israel accepted a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. With the threat of an immediate oil supply crunch ...

Asian shares have logged modest gains after U.S. stocks climbed to near their all-time high. Investors were considering comments by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to Congress. On Tuesday, the ...

It’s Phryge (pronounced freej), the official mascot of the Paris Olympics. ... Having conquered its home market, the Japanese toilet-maker Toto is selling more bidets in the United States.

Chris Carlier, who started documenting Japan’s many (many) mascots in 2016 via the social media accounts Mondo Mascots, is working on a book of his mascot photos. Advertisement Carlier praised ...

Olympic mascots are symbolic figures representing the host country and its culture, introduced to engage the public and promote the Olympic spirit. The first official mascot was Waldi, a dachshund ...

“The Phryges" will be the official Olympic mascots for the 2024 Paris Games, three years after Miraitowa represented Tokyo and Japan in the 2020 Summer Olympics and two years after Bing Dwen ...

The mascot for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris is not easily identifiable. However, the anthropomorphized mascots are inspired not by a body part but, rather, they're les Phyrges, a cartoonish ...