Over the past few years, several life-sized Gundam statues have gone up in Japan. Either they didn’t move at all or…
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In Japanese, there is an expression: deru kui wa utareru (出る杭は打たれる). It’s the equivalent of the English phrase, “The…
Sometimes in Japan, it feels like all the good retro game stuff has been snapped up by famous retailers. That, or…
Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan debuted in 2009. Now it is entering its final arc, hurtling the popular manga to a…
Earlier this year, Kotaku reported that a bunch of plush toys based on the first gen Pokémon plushies were going on…
Shibu and Lily met in Odaiba, Tokyo while playing Pokémon Go. They fell in love and were recently married. Congrats…
Final Fantasy VII Remake was first announced back in 2015 with third-party studio CyberConnect2 handling…
This summer, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike player Kenji Kuroda was arrested for allegedly committing indecent acts…
Last fall, the Osaka High Court ruled that tattooer Taiki Masuda broke the law by tattooing without a medical…
“Brave Ground” is an upcoming event for role-playing game GranBlue Fantasy. I feel like I’ve seen it before.
It’s not Halloween yet, but the weekend before drew big crowds in Tokyo’s Shibuya. Costume-wearing revelers…
Sanrio Puroland, the Hello Kitty and friends theme park in Tokyo, has been holding Halloween celebrations. DJ Hello…
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Here is the trailer for the upcoming Yakuza 4 remaster for PlayStation 4, which includes the first footage of Toshiki Masuda as character Masayoshi Tanimura. The game will be out next January in Japan. No word yet on an international release.
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Masaki Uchigashima, president of Nagoya-based pachinko machine maker Takao, was found stabbed to death in the…
Lorelei The Symphonic Arsenal was a prize card at the 2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships. There are only six in the…
In Yakuza 4's original PlayStation 3 release, the character Masayoshi Tanimura was played by actor Hiroki Narimiya.…
Akira Ikegami often appears on Japanese TV to explain difficult news topics or discuss history. He’s incredibly…
For a limited time, two Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts themed cafes are heading to Japan. Called the Wizarding…
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