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In 1975, a coin purse featuring an expressionless cat with its head turned sideways and sitting next to a fish bowl…

Japan's hottest game right now is not made in Japan, which doesn't happen often. Maybe more surprising is that four…

Japan's bestselling video game right now may be a PlayStation Portable title—Level 5's Cardboard Senki—but The…

The original Metal Gear may have been most famous on the Nintendo Entertainment System, but that's not the platform…

A game about stripping the clothes off of vampires in otaku haven Akihabara is Japan's bestselling game right now,…

It all started with a middle finger. It was directed firmly at England, and for the next 200-plus years, America's…

Now that Japan's game release schedule is back on, well, schedule, what are Japanese video game fans spending their…

With Japan celebrating Golden Week, there wasn't much activity in the country in terms of new releases. In fact, in…

China is closed off to Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo's consoles, meaning the first console available for sale in that…

Increases in the realism of video games are limiting the ability of Japanese games to appeal outside of their home…