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She has done Pokémon commercials and press conferences, she’s sung Pokémon anime theme songs, and she’s even voiced characters. If you are keeping score, Nakagawa started hosting variety show Po…
Taxi Crossing. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. By Max Bartkowski . JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to sh…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Softbank chief executive Masayoshi SonThe boss of Softbank has admitted poor judgement in relation to its investment in WeWork after reporting its first qua…
SoftBank Group, the Japanese tech investor, has slumped to a huge quarterly loss after the valuations of US companies WeWork and Uber plunged. SoftBank’s first quarterly loss in 14 years comes a…
REUTERS/Tetsushi KajimotoPrime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to make more Japanese - the world’s most dedicated cash-hoarders – switch to using cashless payments is producing some success, but…
Microsoft found that implementing a four-day workweek led to a 40% boost in productivity, the company announced as part of the results of its "Work-Life Choice Challenge." As…
SoftBankUber'sShares inwas about flat in Tokyo, trading between small gains and losses. The tech conglomerate will report earnings for the three months that ended in September after markets…
This mashup of two Japanese titans is the brainchild of Formula Drift pro Dai Yoshihara, and it’ll serve as his newest competition-spec drift missile. While it’s not uncommon to see a rear…
And while the family also serves a handful of other udon, soba and ramen dishes at lunchtime, it is the freshly rolled, cut and boiled morning udon noodles that draws the crowds. Youichi’s older…
Microsoft’s Japan offices recently experimented with shorter work weeks, and the results provide a glimmer of hope that large companies can alter the work week and save us from collectively burning o…
