Earlier this year, Suntory announced that it was pulling Hakushu 12 and Hibiki 17 off the market. Now the Kirin…
Manners in Japan are tricky, complex and sometimes hard to follow—even for Japanese people.
This is Taka. He’s really into fighter planes and has figured out how to up the immersion factor in Ace Combat 7:…

Since 1996, when Pokémon debuted, I have not once wondered whether or not a Pikachu can fart. Then I watched the…
Wonder what Switch games were downloaded the most last year in Japan? How about which download-only games did well?…
Here is the first look at the cast in costume for the upcoming Devil May Cry stage adaptation. Called Devil May Cry: The Live Hacker, the production runs from March 1 to March 10 in Tokyo. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.
Two former Bandai employees have been arrested on suspicion of swindling the company out of 200 million yen ($1.8…
Meet Imma. On her Twitter page, she describes herself as a virtual model and proudly declares, “I want to attract…

The early years of Girls’ Generation contain more than their fair share of saccharine B-sides. Even among those,…
This is the Darth Vader we all know. But the character might not have been the same if famous Japanese actor Toshiro…
Pokémon starters are so cute. But which ones are the cutest? In a recent poll, fans in Japan voted for the most…
Namco Bandai is making a Dragon Ball Z action role-playing game, magazine V Jump announced. More details will be revealed in the publication’s March issue.

Korea, and the world at large, seems to be going through a bit of a retro music boom these days, focusing on the 80s…
Starting this March, the Disney Ambassador Hotel at the Tokyo Disney Resort is rolling out special Kingdom Hearts the…

The new Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo is a reality-show version of tidying guru’s best-selling book.…

Clazziquai Project is one of the leading band names in Korean electronic pop, with over a decade of activity…

For their latest release, Day6 decided to go retro (yes!!) with hints of Japanese city pop (yes!!!!!).

I really need to start paying better attention to what SM Entertainment is doing with their STATION brand, because I…
Tonight on Japanese TV, Eiichiro Oda not only let some of the country’s most famous folks into his house but the…
When Japanese politicians visit the Yasukuni Shrine, the country’s most controversial Shinto shrine, it causes an…