Saga of Tanya the Evil, known in Japan as Yōjo Senki (幼女戦記, literally "The Military Chronicles of a Little Girl"), is a Japanese light novel series written by Carlo Zen and illustrated by Shinobu Shinotsuki. Enterbrain has published seven volumes since October 31, 2013. A manga adaptation with art by Chika Tōjō began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace magazine from April 26, 2016. An anime television series adaptation by NUT aired from January 6, 2017 to March 31, 2017. In January 2018, it was announced that a theatrical film, taking place after the events of the TV anime series, i...

Mary and the Witch's Flower (Japanese: メアリと魔女の花, Hepburn: Meari to Majo no Hana) is a 2017 Japanese anime fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and produced by Studio Ponoc, based on The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart. This is Studio Ponoc's first feature film. The film tells a story of a girl named Mary who finds a mysterious flower that can give her the power to become a witch for only one night. The film was released in Japan on July 8, 2017. In the English-language version of the film, which was concurrently released with a subtitled version in the United States on January 19, 2018...

Gaijin (外人, [ɡaid͡ʑiɴ]) ("outside person" "alien" "Non-Japanese") is a Japanese word for foreigners and non-Japanese. The word is composed of two kanji: gai (外, "outside") and jin (人, "person"). Similarly composed words that refer to foreign things include gaikoku (外国, "foreign country") and gaisha (外車, "foreign car"). The word can refer to nationality, race, or ethnicity, concepts generally conflated in Japan. Some feel the word has come to have a negative or pejorative connotation, while other observers maintain it is neutral or even positive. Gaikokujin (外国人, "foreign-country person") is a more...

The aging of Japan is thought to outweigh all other nations, as the country is purported to have the highest proportion of elderly citizens. Not just in rural, but also in urban areas, Japan is experiencing a “super-aging” society. According to 2014 estimates, 33.0% of the Japanese population is above the age of 60, 25.9% are aged 65 or above, 12.5% are aged 75 or above. People aged 65 and older in Japan make up a fifth of its total population, estimated to reach a third by the year 2050. Japan had a postwar baby boom between 1947 and 1949. However, the law of 1948 led to easy access to abortions...