Japan

This year marks the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda. To celebrate, artist Pikousa reposted an excellent…

A resident of Saitama, Japan is in police custody after sending death threats to Square Enix. A suspect named…

Even before the age of covid-19, sickness masks were widely worn in Japan, especially during hay fever season. But…

Today on Twitter, producer Masaaki Yamagiwa announced that he is leaving Sony’s Tokyo-based Japan Studio. He is not…

Today, Nintendo announced in Japan that it was ending repair service for the 3DS and 3DS XL. The reason is that it’s…

Late last year, a mouse pad for the character Kashino from browser game Azur Lane was announced. This was no…

This is like the fake food you see in front of Japanese restaurants, but with Nintendo characters.

During the Japanese version of this week’s Nintendo Direct, a pleasant surprise was announced: a summertime game…

Japanese whisky isn’t yet one hundred years old. The country set up its first proper whisky distillery in 1923. And…

This weekend, north-eastern Japan was rocked by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake. Considering how devastating earthquakes…

Each year, fans send Valentine chocolates to Square Enix. Some are addressed to characters while others are for the…

This week, new vending machines that tell customers to fight the coronavirus were unveiled in Shiga Prefecture,…

At many arcades in Japan there is often an amusement cabinet called a punching machine that measures how hard one…

No doubt, the pandemic is bad for lots of businesses. But in Japan, it’s especially awful for arcades.

Official Pokémon retail shops released a Magnemite plushie featuring a pretty significant mistake. Many people might…

People in Aichi Prefecture, Japan have arrested a 23-year-old man for violating the country’s Unfair Competition…

Square Enix has published Japanese-language guidelines for derivative fan creations. These guidelines cover Nier…

This weekend, a mob of PS5 shoppers caused chaos at the Yodobashi Camera retailer in Tokyo’s Akihabara. The police…

Starting today, the JR Yumesaki train line in Osaka is covered in Mario and friends to celebrate Super Nintendo…

To mark the release of Monster Hunter Rise this March, Nintendo is releasing a special emblazoned Switch in Japan.