People in countries as far away as Italy and Mexico have taken to sharing colorful depictions of the supernatural mermaid-like “yokai” called Amabie on social media with hashtags such as # ...

In Japan, that form has three legs, a beak, scaly skin and floor-length hair. Meet Amabie, the 19th century half-fish, half-human that's resurfaced to keep people safe. The mermaid-like creature ...

FUKUI--Amabie, a folklore sea monster with the power ... Meyer visited Kanazawa, the Ishikawa prefectural capital flourishing with art, in 2004 when he was an art college student in the United ...