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Slowpoke is called that for a reason. It’s a slow Pokémon! Except when crossing the street, because then Slowpoke…

Watched any K-dramas recently? Then you know this song.

Cowboy Bebop is coming back! In cafe form, that is. This May, Cowboy Bebop cafes will open for a limited time in…

Hey, look, it’s the perfect workout song!

Grade schoolers across Japan carry leather backpacks called “randoseru” (ランドセル). Traditionally, kids have carried…

What time is it? It’s 2PM. (No joke: I started writing this post at 2PM for my own amusement. Gotta get your kicks…

This week, three Osaka video game bars announced that they were closing. The reason, it seems, was copyright…

Why only collect anime and game figures when you can use them to hold earphones? Recently, fans and retailers alike…

That sound you’ve been hearing today? That’s the sound of TWICE fans pressing the replay button on this video. (8.2…

On April 8, legendary video game retailer Games Maya closed, bringing to a close a 35-year history. Some of the…

A Japanese morning show recently did a report on how some kids are doing their homework while playing clips of…

Last year, Kotaku profiled Japanese cosplayer Takaya. His creations aren’t only clever, but also super cheap. He’s…

If you have a hundred thousand bucks you’d like to spend, perhaps you’d be interested in an exoskeleton suit? Even…

It’s spring. Can you believe it? We could go outside and look at blooming flowers. Or...we could stay inside and…

The most recent issue of Weekly Famitsu polled 6,678 non-Japanese people, asking their opinions about Japanese video…