But unlike the Loch Ness Monster, believers claim to have found ‘proof’ of the creature’s existence - and bones purporting to be from the Kappa are going on show in Japan. In Japanese ...

The kappa, known in Japanese as a child born of the river ... Tragically, the zashiki-warashi may have originated from real examples of infanticide throughout Japan’s Tōhoku region.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 — You escape from real life the moment you push through the noren leading you into Kappa Kaisen Izakaya.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 — You escape from real life the moment you push through the noren leading you into Kappa Kaisen Izakaya. Their mascot, a kawaii kappa (Japanese water spirit) riding cowboy ...

“Kappa” is an amphibious “yokai ... Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged to deal innovatively with Japan’s declining birthrate, but his real aim is too transparent: He just wants ...