KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture—The municipal government here has started a crowdfunding campaign to cover the costs of security personnel stationed at a railway crossing-turned photo hotspot for fans ...

For years, a humble little railway crossing at Kamakura-Koko-Mae Station on the Enoshima Electric Railway Line here has ...

There are many manga hits and classics, but only a handful reach the level of becoming masterpieces. Inoue Takehiko’s Slam Dunk is widely acknowledged as being one of them. It continues to gain ...

Takehiko Inoue’s “Slam Dunk” is one of Japan’s most popular manga, spawning four films and numerous video games. To date, more than 157 million copies of this 31-volume series have sold worldwide.