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Because of its massive impact and enduring popularity, it’s easy to forget that schoolgirl idol anime Love Live! But the franchise keeps in the limelight with a dizzying stack of side projects, …
It comes from the Japanese government’s Accelerated Family Bureau (AFB), which recently announced that starting later this year they will begin issuing “breeding visas” to residents of foreign countr…
In a strange dichotomy, while Japan is packed with drink vending machines, ones that sell food are a lot harder to find. Retrieving his purchase from the slot, Seiji was overjoyed to find out he…
If you have been denied entry to Japan, please contact the embassy or consulate as soon as you are able to in order to know when you’ll be able to travel safely, although be aware that the situation …
Please contact your local Japanese embassy or consulate as well as your airport of arrival’s immigration office before flying to Japan. You need to confirm that your travel documents are fine an…
Hong Kong (CNN Business) SoftBank is walking away from a sizeable chunk of its WeWork rescue package, which included a near billion dollar windfall for ousted founder Adam Neumann. The Japanese …
G-Mode, a company that churned out countless Java-based games for Japanese feature phones in the 2000s and beyond, has announced that it will be releasing some of those games on the Nintend…
To Japanese artists seeking subject matter, sakura (cherry blossoms) have always been there to provide inspiration. In the Heian period, aristocrats held cherry blossom parties and made outings …
Sony Corp said today that it has launched a $100M fund to support those affected by the coronavirus. With the new fund, Sony joins other entertainment and media companies such as Netflix which h…
SoftBank Group Corp. terminated an offer to pay up to $3 billion for shares in office-space provider WeWork, depriving co-founder Adam Neumann of a potential windfall of nearly a billion do…
