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Brian Ashcraft
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Originally from Texas, Ashcraft has called Osaka home since 2001. He has authored six books, including most recently, The Japanese Sake Bible.

This has nothing to do with video games. It has to do with hamburgers. Read more

I guess this is exactly the same grudge that has compelled Japanese people to buy all those Apple products? At least you're right about one thing. >_> Read more

Aw, I am very, very sorry to hear that. My condolences, and thank you for letting me know. Read more

Sure there are. But news like this might give future Xbox One customers pause in Japan... Read more

I haven't lived in America for a long, long time. I don't really have a good idea of how famous Kim Kardashian is! Read more

>Of course, some commenters just seemed to be piling on Nintendo for the sake of piling on Nintendo. Read more

I dunno, dude, this seems to be like a significant upgrade. Heck, there are NN3DS exclusive games. Read more

They're purple in Japan. Hence the shake and the color! :D Read more

I know you can get a Galaxy phone in Japan pretty easily (they're fairly common), and I'm sure *somewhere* they have Samsung TVs, but... The other day walking thru Labi, I didn't really see them. I saw lots of Panasonic and Sony TVs, but... Then again, I wasn't really shopping for TVs... Read more

Are they? I don't think I've ever seen Samsung TVs on sale here... Though, I haven't really been looking. Read more

Yeah, they're real leather. And they're pretty friggin' heavy. Dunno about the second hand market. Parents, in my experience, buy em new. Read more