Japan to Go, Please!

Life is pretty damn unfair. Sometimes that means you'll find yourself in a situation with no solutions. Sometimes…

In Japan, there are different types of bows. Some of them are fairly casual. Others are more formal. But one type of…

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"We want more people to play with the PS Vita" said Hiroshi Kawano, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan.…

I've been writing for Kotaku, off and on, since 2007. I've been reading it longer than that. One of the accounts I…

Every Friday afternoon, the staff of Xseed Games have a meeting. They sit in a conference room, break out the booze,…

2012 was a hell of a year for video games. We got a ton of fantastic games to play, surprises of all shapes, sizes,…

It's been a long, hard year. But 2012 is coming to an end, climaxing in the end of year holidays. There's been a…

For decades, no, centuries, Japanese parents were happy giving their kids regular Japanese names. Sure, there have…