Author: MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press

Tone-deaf Barbenheimer memes drawing backlash in Japan

The Japanese distributor of the Warner Bros. movie “Barbie” has apologized for its U.S. parent company’s reaction to social media posts about the “Barbenheimer” blitz that combined images of Barbie and a mushroom cloud. The memes triggered criticisms in Japan for what many described as minimizing the atomic bomb attacks Read More