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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Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
Tokyo, Japan.
By Pedro Maia.
JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting.
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East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.
This week, a new Pokémon Center is ope…

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Sanrio itself even created the Sanrio Boys anime/dating simulator/merchandise line which was entirely about boys who like Sanrio stuff.
So how did Hello Kitty respond?
!”It’s startling to see the ord…

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The number of overseas visitors came to 2,496,600 in the month, down from 2,640,610 in October last year, the Japan Tourism Agency said.
Overseas visitors totaled 26,914,400 in the first 10 months of…

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KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 23:15 | Lifestyle, JapanTwo new Pokemon video games sold around 1.37 million copies in Japan within the first three days of their release, a record for any title developed f…

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Penta-Ocean Construction, Kajima Corporation, and Yorigami Maritime Construction have agreed to jointly construct a wind farm installation vessel capable of installing foundations and turbines with a…

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With the massive amount of people who head into downtown Tokyo every weekday morning, rush-hour trains are always unpleasant in Japan’s capital.
A joint project between Nestlé and Tokyo-based sightse…

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