TOKYO — Japan has created an unusual government post to promote animation and named a perfect figure Wednesday to the position: a popular cartoon robot cat named Doraemon. Foreign Minister Masahiko ...

TOKYO, Japan Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura appointed the cat an "anime ambassador," handing a human-sized Doraemon doll an official certificate at an inauguration ceremony, along with dozens of ...

He's a small, blue robot cat from the future who's been the inspiration for an animated TV series, served as Japan's cartoon cultural ambassador and is beloved around the world. Now, the iconic ...

While Japan’s human diplomats struggle to quell rising tensions with China over the South and East China Sea, their “anime ambassador”—a red bean pancake loving, 22 nd century CGI cartoon cat named ...

FILE - Doraemon, one of the most popular animation characters in Japan, participates in a kick-off ceremony of the Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo when Tokyo is bidding against Istanbul ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Nobuyo Oyama, best known as the ...