“This is fucking wild!” a wounded yakuza member bellows to no one in particular, deep into the heart of Takashi Miike’s latest action-thriller, First Love.
In spite of the tender title, First Love is…

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First, there’s Dragon Quest XI, which comes out today.
Here we are more than four years later: the NX is now the Switch, and Dragon Quest XI is indeed on it.
At this point, I’ve played a lot of Drago…

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Taiwan’s Gogoro has a new scooter coming out that’s smaller and more adaptable than anything else in the company’s growing stable.
At 80 kilograms (176 pounds), the Viva is the smallest and most nimb…

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Related content The secret ingredient in Vietnam's most indulgent bowl of phoAt Singapore restaurant Bam!
, two other cultures have been melded into a new cuisine -- Japanese and Spanish.
There, chef…

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'We have to get along': Japan's Korean residents at sharp end of diplomatic rowLong lunchtime queues form outside restaurants serving samgyeopsal (barbecued pork belly) and sundubu jjigae (a tofu ste…

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Rugby union fans across Japan celebrated wildly after their side's stunning World Cup win against Ireland.
The World Cup hosts beat the No 2-ranked Irish side 19-12 in Shizuoka.
Not since Japan's win…

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Sou Fujimoto has designed a complex for co-living developer The Collective on an historic Brooklyn site – marking the Japanese architect's first project in New York City.
The 10-storey complex will r…

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Photos: Rugby World Cup 2019 in pictures Japan's Kenki Fukuoka scores the crucial go-ahead try in his side's epic 19-12 victory over Ireland in the Rugby World Cup Pool A game in Shizuoka.
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Subaru is waving goodbye to the Japan-only EJ20-powered WRX STI and introducing a special edition of the performance four-door.
Aptly called the WRX STI EJ20 Final Edition and limited to just 555 uni…

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Nissan made it clear that a reshuffling was on its way for the Titan when it dropped the single cab configuration completely along with the Cummins diesel-powered XD variant for 2020.
After garnering…

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