'Star Wars' being turned into a kabuki play with one Japan’s biggest stars playing Kylo Ren japantoday.com

A major exception is coming soon, though, with a kabuki play set a long, long time ago.
Later this month a "Star Wars" kabuki play will be held in Tokyo, and if you’re worried it’s going to be some h…

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Watch a RWD Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R Bite the Dust in Cringe-Worthy Fashion www.thedrive.com

Pieces of the coveted Japanese machine can be seen flying everywhere just as the crowd lets out a collective "OWW!"
Someone even exclaims “It’s still going!” just as the car appears to be headed for …

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Mario And Sonic At The Tokyo Olympics Has Lots Of Fun Events, Few Ways To Play Them kotaku.com

As charming as Sonic and Mario at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is, it could use more ways to play.
For these special events, Mario, Sonic, and crew are transformed into 2D sprites to compete in mini-…

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Fujifilm Leader Doesn’t Lament Quitting Bid for Xerox www.wsj.com

TOKYO—Fujifilm Holdings Corp.’s chairman and chief executive said he didn’t have hard feelings after he abandoned his bid for U.S. corporate icon Xerox Holdings Corp., describing a revised deal as a …

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SoftBank says WeWork Japan can become profitable 'in near future' uk.reuters.com

TOKYO (Reuters) - WeWork’s Japan unit can become profitable “in the near future”, the Japanese partner of the U.S. office-space sharing startup said on Tuesday, amid investor scepticism over its path…

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Fujifilm gives up on Xerox acquisition, to dissolve 57-year-old JV english.kyodonews.net

As their tie-up will be ended, Fujifilm will also withdraw litigation it filed last year claiming damages of $1 billion for the unilateral cancellation of the merger deal by Xerox.
[Fujifilm CEO Shig…

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Gov't survey shows most convenience store owners in Japan overworked english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 22:45 | All, JapanA government survey on convenience store operations showed Tuesday that most store owners are overworked, with 85 percent of them saying they work six day…

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Street Fighter Pro And Model Found True Love At An Arcade kotaku.com

East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond.
Pro-gamer Fuudo is a world-class Street Fighter players around.
Yuka Kuramoch…

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Nintendo has sold over ten million Switch consoles (including Switch Lite) in Japan as of November 3 kotaku.com

Nintendo has sold over ten million Switch consoles (including Switch Lite) in Japan as of November 3.
On November 15, Pokémon Sword and Shield will be released, so yes, that number will go up!
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Light Up The Night. Tokyo, Japan. kotaku.com

Light Up The Night.
Tokyo, Japan.
By Adrian Tiu .
JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting.
If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line !

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