Nintendo released its most recent investor approval rating for the company’s top Japanese brass. Satoru Iwata got an approval rating of 77.26 percent, making him the only exec this year to be under 90 percent! Last year, his approval rating was 90.60 percent. In the past, it’s apparently been as high as 96 percent.
Not everyone can whip up amazing 3D cappuccino and latte art. Heck, the vast majority of us can’t. But we still want to enjoy cute characters peeking up at us out of a steaming cup of java. Good thing there’s this. Excite reports Japanese marshmallow specialty shop Yawahada has adorable hand-made cat marshmallows that you…
Christmas in July? Not quite. Last Friday evening in Tokyo, a mysterious foam started bubbling up, covering a street in the ritzy Ginza area. People wondered what exactly was going on. Apparently, there was an easy explanation for the surprising sight: forty liters of body soap. Asahi News (via 2ch) reported that the suds covered…
We’ve seen the Xbox One controller. We’ve seen it compared to the PS4 controller as well as learned about its features. What about a look inside? Chinese site Xbox Skyer has what’s reported to be a teardown of an Xbox One controller picked up in Dongguan, China. That’s a major port city where many goods…
Attack on Titan is one of this year’s biggest anime. Originally a manga, Attack on Titan has also turned its creator Hajime Isayama into a celebrity. And a target of death threats—a frightening number of them. Last Friday, a commenter on Isayama’s official blog wrote, “On June 29, I’m going to beat Hajime Isayama to…
And it kind looks like a tank. Well, one covered with dead fish. It does. See? The world has already seen battleship sushi (here), and now, here is “sensha sushi” (戦車寿司), or “tank sushi”. As pointed out by Naver, a sushi restaurant called Kurisakiya began offering a tank sushi in honor of Japanese anime Girls…
Toshiba is not just a Japanese corporation. It’s an international one, with offices all over the world. But one of its commercials for the Japanese market is being dubbed as “racist”. Below, you can watch the ad. It’s for rice maker called “SuiPanDa” that doubles as a bread maker. The ad was spotted by Debito.org.…
Pokémon is getting its own game show. On August 17 and 18, the Pokémon Game Show will be held at Tokyo Big Sight and will offer fans the first playable Pokémon X/Y demo. Admission will be free, so expect long lines.
Earlier this year, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said he felt “strongly responsible” for a two-year string of Nintendo losses. Strong enough to resign? Um… Asfirst posted in January, Iwata mentioned his “commitment” to a business profit goal of ¥100 billion (US$ 1.1 billion) by the end of the next business year ending in March, 2014.…
Meet Taher Shah. He’s here to melt your mind and rule the internet. According to Propakistani (via TechInAsia), the singer is becoming an online sensation in Pakistan with his new music video, “Eye to Eye.” The title’s hash tag is already trending there, and internet people seem ironically amused and somewhat bewildered by the video,…
Packed with Tomica toy cars, the clip shows a high-speed car chase. And does that with so much style, fun, and car crashes, you can’t help but wonder why Hollywood needs to spend all that money. This is the work of YouTube user Luxe37. For the past few years, Luxe37 has been creating cool car…
Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode was just released on the 3DS in Japan. Originally, it appeared on the PSP as Digimon World Re:Digitize. If this is anything to go by, it might not be the best port. According to Twitter user @eclair0427, the 3DS version has screen prompts for a “triangle button”. The 3DS doesn’t have…
Earlier this month, a man erected a tent in the middle of one of Tokyo’s busiest intersections. Some people were not happy. “There’s a stupid foreigner who just pitched a tent in Shibuya’s scramble crossing,” wrote one Twitter user. What’s Shibuya’s scramble crossing? This: The intersection is one of the most famous in Japan—and the…
Index, the parent company for Japanese game maker Atlus, just filed for what sounds like bankruptcy. The company is entering “civil rehabilitation proceedings” in order to cut off the corporate bloodletting before it becomes fatal. Geez. NeoGAF user Mandoric has a good definition of Japanese Civil Rehabilitation Law that should help you understand the legalese.…
This is Naruto from, well, Naruto. The iconic manga and anime character has been recreated in a Japanese rice paddy. This is called “tanbo art” (田んぼアート) or “rice paddy art”. There are no dyes to create the different colors and hues. Instead, farmers used various rice strains in their tanbo canvases. Often, hundreds of villagers…
In South Korea, the trailer for suspense flick The Terror Live is being called a Battlefield 3 rip off. According to Korean site ThisIsGame, the trailer’s music style and build up are said to be too close to the Battlefield 3 ambient score featured in the game’s trailer. Compare for yourself. What’s more, The Terror…
This spring, former Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada stepped down. Stepped down into what, you ask? Chairman of the Board. A controversial figure among Square Enix fans, Wada left his post as Square Enix’s Representative Director. At the time, Square Enix as forecasting an “extraordinary loss” in sales and Wada’s demotion was part of “a…
You’ve heard it before: Person wakes up in a bathtub of ice, only to find a kidney has been harvested. It’s an urban legend that, according to Snopes, has been around since 1991. Now in South Korea, there’s a somewhat similar story that involves taxicabs. And it’s taking the internet by storm. Numerous websites and…
Remember how 4chan voted Kim Jung-un as Time‘s Person of the Year? Well, something kind of like that might have happened in Japan—but minus Time and the communist dictator. As part of its 15th anniversary, Japanese game maker Level-5, best known for the Professor Layton series, held a poll for fans to pick their favorite…
Boy, do I love donuts! Who doesn’t? Weirdos, that’s who. And some of the best donuts are from Mister Donut. But did you know that the donut chain’s Thai branch has donuts that look like delicious sushi? Maybe you did. Mister Donut of Thailand’s “sushido” donuts aren’t exactly brand new (they’ve been offered for some…
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