Last year, the bubble tea business was booming in Japan. This year, with the novel coronavirus, a state of emergency…
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Previously, we saw the iconic Final Fantasy VII blade carved in pencil graphite. Now, let’s see it recreated in…
Last year, bubble tea’s popularity exploded in Japan. Now, Domino’s decided to release a pizza covered with those…
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Keiji Fujiwara was a veteran voice actor with an impressive resume in anime and Japanese games. Today, it was…
In Japan, internet cafes or manga cafes haven’t only been places where people got to surf the internet and read…
In 1996, the Tamagotchi was first launched in Japan. The pet-sim toys were a smash hit. Now, in 2020, Tamagotchi is…
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Hatsune Miku is no stranger to big, expensive controllers. The latest Hatsune Miku games are no exception.
Starting today, Japanese game rating board CERO (Computer Entertainment Rating Organization) is closing down until…
Remember the song “PPAP”? Singer Pikotaro is back with a new version of his 2016 viral hit. Gone are the pens,…
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This Friday, the 96th compiled One Piece volume was released, bringing the total number of copies of the manga in print to a staggering 470 million. As Mantan Web (via ANN) reports, the total consists of 390 million copies in print in Japan and another 80 million in print internationally.
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When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 first came out in Japan back in December 2009, players were not happy with the…
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