THE cast gathered in the recording studio, taking turns at the microphones as animated scenes from one of Japan’s most beloved television cartoons played on screens in front of them.

Donna Burke has the most famous voice heard in Japan. The Australian expat first moved to the country in the 1990s, hoping to make it as a singer. Now, she’s the voice of the Tokaido Shinkansen, ...

She was the voice of Japanese propaganda in WWII, but Tokyo Rose was actually an American citizen stranded in Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Donna Burke has the most famous voice you've never heard of. The Australian expat first moved to Japan in the 1990s, hoping ...

When, after Commodore Matthew Perry opened Japan to the world, the Shogun of Japan sent a special emissary to Washington in 1860 to observe the U.S. Congress at work, the appalled official duly ...

Nobuyo Oyama, the voice actress whose alto timbre and radiant laughter shaped how millions in Japan experienced Doraemon, the blue robot in the quintessential children’s anime of the same name ...

Voice actor magazine Seiyu Grand Prix periodically publishes the Voice Actress Directory, which it says is a comprehensive listing of working voice actresses in Japan. The newest directory, set to be ...

The Netflix One Piece live-action adaptation will have the Japanese voice actors from the anime reprise their roles. It was at the Anime Expo 2023 in Los Angeles that fans got to watch a video of ...

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Now she's a professional singer — and the voice of Japan's bullet train. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Donna Burke. It has been edited for length and clarity.