Nintendo Switch overtakes 1990s SNES console in sales
Image caption Nintendo Switch (l) and SNES (r)The Nintendo Switch has become the company's third best-selling home console, overtaking the old Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).…
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What Pokémon can teach us about conservation and climate change
But it’s also one of the first times that Pokémon, the most lucrative media franchise of all time, addressed the climate crisis. Today, there are eight generations of Pokémon games and, dependin…
Data shows Fukui Prefecture may be the best place to live in Japan, but survey results differ
A non-profit study sought to determine the best Japanese prefecture to live in, but found interesting discrepancies. Japan is an awesome place to live, with beautiful countryside scenery, d…
Sakura begin to bloom in Japan as early cherry blossom season forecast for 2020
Every time spring rolls around in Japan, people start looking up towards the trees in anticipation of that great harbinger of the season, the cherry blossoms. Each year, the sakura bloom on diff…
NEC receives major cyberattacks, defense data theft suspected
KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 01:19 | All, JapanNEC Corp. received major cyberattacks possibly involving Chinese hackers over several years through 2018, with some 28,000 data files including …
Immerse Yourself in Time at Miya Ando’s Solo Exhibition at Asia Society Texas
The artist Miya Ando’s solo exhibition at Asia Society Texas encompasses numerous sections of the Yoshio Taniguchi-designed building. “Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form” is comprised of …
Nintendo Switch has sold over 52 million units worldwide, overtaking the SNES
That resulted in 262.93 billion yen ($2.41 billion) of operating profit, which was also up from 220.029 billion yen ($2.02 billion). Of the 17.74 million units sold in the past nine months, 12.5…
A Hotter Toyota Supra GRMN With 400 HP Could Be In the Works: Report
Less than a year after beginning production on the revived Supra, Toyota may already be working on a high-performance GRMN version if a new report out of Japan is to be believed. According …
What it's like to eat a super expensive Japanese strawberry【Taste Test】
Luxury Japanese fruit meets the mouth of Mr Sato. Mr Sato had tried cheaper, supermarket-bought tochiotome strawberries before, but none of them had ever looked as shiny and enticing as thi…
New Harajuku station building unveiled ahead of March opening
The original Western-style wooden station building, which was constructed nearly 100 years ago, will be dismantled following the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games due to its narrow shape and fa…