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I still can’t believe it. I genuinely cannot imagine a J-pop industry without Namie Amuro. Read more

For somebody who had a 26 year career she definitely did the work of a 50 year career. Retire well, Queen. Read more

She was always on my playlists. Her, Utada, Maaya Sakamoto, Do As Infinity, Gackt, Moi Dix Moix, T.M. Revolution, Megumi Hayashibara, Two-Mix and Koda Kumi. For some reason Ayumi Hamasaki never caught on for me.
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My god, this is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen! How is this not a thing everywhere? I know exactly the first thing I’ll be doing some day in the future when I take a trip to Japan. I’ll have one of everything, please!
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I wonder if you can still go swimming:

Hilarious and historical. Read more

Conan is running dangerously close to ruining his reputation as a Clueless Gamer. I mean, once you take a picture of yourself with Hideo Kojima don’t you kind of lose the right to say you’re ‘not really into the whole videogame thing’? Read more

Both Kojima and Conan both had their turn at being unceremoniously ousted from their former employer.

Collecting the cards has always been cool, but the game itself is where it’s at. It’s super simple, but it gets really deep. Read more

That’s just wrong... I’m assuming there’s probably a law against this type of question for job application forms in Japan like there is here in Belgium, but my guess is the women would have a hard time proving they weren’t selected because of thir refusal to provide personal and non-essential information, or because… Read more

You know it’s an accident, because it’s not intendo Read more

If he’s really that strong, the world had better prepare for trouble.  Read more

He is the next chosen one. Read more

Does it have NFC capabilities? Read more

^{That's my favourite café in Tokyo. -Vincent Valentine}

1. Buy it Read more

You’ll need the game, the map, the texture pack and the optimization tool and you should be ready to wander the city.  Read more

Pretty blown away by that I wont lie. Like Minecraft has never interested me before and I was like, I wonder how many steps is the process between me buying it and getting to wander around this city.  Read more

From far away that does seem like photo! Pretty impressive stuff!
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That is really cool. Well done!
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