Guilty Gear games are both very difficult to master and also very rewarding for those who put in the hours of study.
If fighting games are music, Guilty Gear is jazz, free form and technical, allowin…

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We ask because Yoshiki seems to have more than us.
Making a surprise appearance at YouTube Brandcast Japan event last week, Yoshiki announced his documentary titled Life of a Japanese Rock Star.
The …

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Tokyo (CNN) — Tokyo is a city filled with tiny spaces, so it's not unusual for bars or restaurants to have room for a dozen patrons or fewer.
But Hitori, a bar in the chic Shinjuku district, stands o…

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Mr. Sato takes us on a tour of Cyberspace Shibuya inside Parco ahead of its grand opening.
When Mr Sato arrived at Parco, he went straight to the sixth floor, which has been given the name “Cyberspac…

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KYODO NEWS - 39 minutes ago - 11:41 | All, JapanA former executive in charge of accounting at loss-making panel maker Japan Display Inc. embezzled some 578 million yen ($5.3 million) in a four-year p…

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She used to be affiliated with AKB48, Japan’s biggest idol group, but now ramen fans are the ones singing about her amazing noodles.
There’s a stereotypical image of a ramen restaurant owner in Japan…

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But then there are other so-called “delicacies” that a lot of locals won’t even go near, let alone doe-eyed tourists.
General consensus is that the coffee brewed from these beans tastes kind of nasty…

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Dragon Quest X is getting a browser game version in Japan.
Next year, it will be playable on PC, smartphones, and tablets.
More details are expected to be revealed at a later date.
No word yet on an …

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East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
You are looking at the cartridge art for Street Fighter II Turbo’s Japanese r…

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In the first three days on sale in Japan, Pokémon Sword and Shield sold 1.365 million copies at retail.
While digital downloads aren’t included , these sales figures have made the games the biggest f…

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