President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, vowed to maintain the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency as he prepared to face questions ...

Beloved Japanese bear mascot Kumamon became a Tokyo Metro honorary station master on Thursday (January 16). TikTok considering total shutdown in U.S. Sunday if ban moves forward I traveled 33 ...

The Gomdoori were designed by Lee Yun Soo. The design of the mascot pair was based on the Asian black bear and the name Gomdoori comes from the Korean word for “teddy bear”. Bears are commonly ...

The Kumamoto prefectural government has obtained the trademark for its bear-like mascot Kumamon in China, South Korea and 15 other countries and regions. The mascot has official names in Japanese ...

Bandabi is the friendly Asian black bear with half-moon shaped patch of white fur on its chest and is the official mascot of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games which happen in March.

Japan Post will issue the first new 1-yen (1 cent) postage stamp in 70 years on April 14, featuring its bear mascot character, Posukuma. The mascot’s name combines the Japanese word “kuma ...