Initial reviews lent credence to that idea; some critics adored Death Stranding despite its sharp corners and long, uneventful stretches.
The saga of Kojima’s comments on American Death Stranding rev…

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A collectible card game, Yakuza Online was also a departure from the gameplay of the mainline series.
Hitting the streets of Yokohama’s Isezaki, it looks like past Yakuza games with urban Japan obses…

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TOKYO -- The Japanese operators of the Yahoo search engine and popular messaging app Line are set to merge, creating an e-commerce giant spanning finance, retail and other internet services, Nikkei h…

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Pokémon Sword and S…

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By this point, it’s become pretty common knowledge that people in the anime industry work incredibly long hours.
That’s a reputation the industry has even in Japan, a country that’s already famous fo…

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▼ There was a lot to hate in the first trailer’s design, but Sonic’s extremely human-looking teeth were especially unsettling.
“So this is the new Sonic trailer.
Still, I’m looking forward to the mov…

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KYODO NEWS - 42 minutes ago - 23:42 | Japan, AllSoftBank Corp. is considering a broad tie-up with messaging app provider Line Corp., with their talks including a possible acquisition, a source close …

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While the numbers represent a more than 10-fold increase from the 20 visa holders recorded by June, they fall short of the maximum 47,550 foreigners expected to acquire the visa by March 2020.
In ord…

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For an even more extreme example, though, there’s Twitter user @SWBMZERO, who rents a studio apartment in Japan for just 15,000 yen (US$139) a month!
▼ It’s not uncommon for inexpensive Japanese apar…

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Get a glimpse of how one of Japan’s delicacies, the poisonous fugu fish, is traded at auction!
The traditional auction method is called “bag auction (fukuro seri)” and involves the auctioneer hiding …

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