Jan 8
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Akira certainly did predict the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 19 years ahead. The manga—created by Katsuhiko Otomo (above)—and…
Nov 27
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In the past few years, there have been a handful of popular anime turned into live-action films. A few have been…
Nov 25
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NCSoft, coming off its baseball team’s championship win, is shutting down their South Korean headquarters after a positive covid-19 case emerged. The country’s Ministry of Health and Welfare is doing contact tracing and sanitizing the office, while employees will work remotely until November 26. [Thanks Sang for the…
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Nov 19
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Yesterday, it was announced that Kyoto city was going forward with a real-world Pokémon Go event to be held on…
Nov 12
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When the PlayStation 5 launched earlier today, there weren’t long lines wrapped around the stores. In Japan and…
Nov 10
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Earlier this month, Japanese tabloid Flash spotted famed animator Hayao Miyazaki as he was leaving the house to pick…
Nov 5
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When the PlayStation 5 launches this month, Sony won’t be selling the console in stores. Instead, launch day sales…
Nov 5
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Sega is selling its arcade business to Genda, a Tokyo-based company involved in arcade game rentals and online crane…
Oct 22
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During the 2016 Rio Olympics closing ceremony, then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared out of a large green…
Oct 15
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Back in 2016, when Pokémon Go first launched in Japan, the popular augmented reality game began a collaboration with…
Nov 7 2019
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Since 2008, Shuhei Yoshida has been the president of SCE Worldwide Studios. Today, Sony announced that Yoshida will…
Oct 29 2019
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Each year, the Japanese government honors people for their important cultural contributions. Included in this year’s …
Oct 25 2018
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Every business has a starting point. For Japanese arcades, one of them was on department store rooftops.
May 25 2018
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For decades now, Japanese vending machines have served up an array of interesting, mundane, and useful things.…
Nov 24 2016
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Since 1927 the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been filling the skies of New York with colorful balloon…
Nov 10 2016
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Here is as good a place as any to discuss the rise of Donald Trump to the highest office in the land.
Jun 7 2016
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E3 2016 starts next week, and with it comes the opportunity to cheer or groan over teases about upcoming games and…
Jun 3 2016
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Right now, there are some people in Japan who appear to be doing their best to kill off tattoos. This guy is one of…
Dec 7 2015
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Lots of countries don’t just have military training, but extreme military training. China is no exception.
Aug 12 2015
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“Doujinshi” (同人誌) is Japanese for fan-created, self-published comics, magazines, and novels. While Japan has strict…