Tokyo May Get Its Very Own High Line
the Tokyo Expressway running through Ginza could be turned into a park filled with greenery. (Illustration courtesy of Tokyo Expressway)The economic benefits of New York’s High Line have been ma…
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Typhoon Delayed For Sunny Enthronement Ceremony Creating Double Typhoon Weekend
Japan’s Goddess of the Sun has postponed a typhoon scheduled to hit Japan today until later in the week to allow for the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito. The postponement of Typhoon Ne…
A Missing King Of Fighters Character Was Conspicuously Similar to Akira's Tetsuo
All except for one character in particular who SNK has made clear no longer has a place in their flagship fighting franchise. The character in question, K9999, first debuted in King of Fighters …
SoftBank to take control of WeWork: Sources
SoftBank will take control of embattled work space company WeWork, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal will value WeWork between $7.5 billion to $8 billion on a pre-fundi…
Tokyo is Transformed into a Museum for Designart 2019
DesignArt Tokyo is in full swing this week. The annual celebration, now in it’s 3rd iteration, converts Tokyo into a massive museum with galleries, retail stores and event venues all joining in.…
Emperor Naruhito officially takes his place on Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne
Japan's Emperor Naruhito makes his appearance during a ceremony to proclaim his enthronement to the world, called Sokuirei-Seiden-no-gi, at the Imperial Palace on October 22, 2019…
Anuman Interactive adopts Microids name, opens Japan office
Anuman Interactive announced today that it is changing its name to Microids, a move signalling a big year for the French game publisher. Microids will also be opening an office in Japan, a count…
Pokémon Is Fine, But Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Is One Of The Best Monster RPGs You Can Play
All that changed in 2015 with the release of Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth, a game that rekindled my love of Digimon and is being reissued today alongside Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Hacker’s Memory for…
Monster Collecting Franchises That Aren’t Pokemon
The franchise has been around now close to 25 years, and is indisputably, the head honcho in the monster collecting genre. The game had better graphics than the original Pokemon games by virtue …
Toonami Review: October 12, 2019
Review: It seems a bit weird that Super remains on the lineup, leading off the block even, despite ending last week. I had heard about the horror stories regarding Season 2, especially the visua…