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In a corporate management briefing earlier this year, president Shuntaro Furukawa announced plans to launch the company’s second store, Nintendo Tokyo, in the newly refurbished Shibuya Parco shopping…
Tokyo at Maho Kubota Gallery presents new oil paintings of unpopulated cityscapes in central and suburban Tokyo. Meo Saito and Temple of Flora at Meguro Museum of Art presents the up-and…
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said in a briefing for analysts that the Nintendo Switch Lite isn’t cannibalizing sales of its older sibling Nintendo Switch. “Looking at the state of this i…
A spiral staircase breaks the linear geometry in a Japanese house designed by Kazunori Fujimoto Architects & Associates, which is made nearly entirely of concrete. The spiral stair…
(CNN) — If Godzilla movies aren't scary enough for you, head to Japan next year and you can get eaten by the fearsome lizard himself. That means that that Nijigen no Mori will be the first …
(Hirotada Ototake)Recently in Tokyo, Ototake took another try at walking with the artificial legs developed by Sony Computer Science Laboratories Inc. Each leg, including the shoe, weighs 5 kilograms…
Here’s our list of the best foreigner-friendly hangouts in Yokohama that have popped up on our weekend (who are we kidding, sometimes nightly) drinking rotation. They have another location …
Note: The author joined a walking tour of Koenji organized by Suginami Ward. Suginami Ward has a special, exclusive offer for Tokyo Cheapo readers, so read on and visit Koenji for yourself!…
OSAKA, Japan—Nintendo Co. reported strong sales of its new Switch Lite hand-held game machine, auguring well for the holiday season. The Kyoto-based company said Thursday it sold 1.95 …
The famous scramble crossing and shopping district near JR Shibuya Station were crammed with people dressed in all manner of elaborate costumes, including popular superheroes, zombies and fairy-…
