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Tokyo, Shibuya (2019)The painter Naoki Tomita uses thick layers of oil paint to depict suburban scenes of Japan: the facades of stores, high-rise buildings or a parking lot, devoid of anything b…
Around this time of year the rice harvest becomes a big deal, as well as the tons of rice straw, or wara, that is leftover. This year is the 10th anniversary of Niigata’s Wara Art Festival.…
You’ve probably heard that the iconic Tsukiji Fish Market closed to the public to reopen as Toyosu Fish Market. Map of Toyosu Fish Market, TokyoFun fact: Toyosu is almost twice the size of Tsuki…
Dragalia Lost, Nintendo’s only mobile game that isn’t built on existing franchises like Mario or Fire Emblem, has made $106 million in its first year, according to market analyst Sensor Tower. D…
The answer is “yes,” suggests top Japanese carrier NTT Docomo, which today announced successful completion of an impressive stress test: a multi-base station handoff of 5G signals to a device on…
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day was a major success on the Nintendo DS in 2005 and beyond. The original Brain Age and its sequels used the DS’s touch functionality, microphone, and …
On Tuesday, the country raised its sales tax rate from 8% to 10%. Past sales tax rises in the world's third largest economy have hit spending. Consumers will be eligible for a 5% rebat…
Nintendo has announced a new Brain Age game, bringing the brain-training series to the Switch for the first time. The phenomenally popular Brain Age games for Nintendo DS starred Japanese n…
Follow these simple edicts and you’ll thoroughly enjoy this idiosyncratic barThere are few places in Tokyo as polarising as Bar Martha. Photograph: Oscar BoydBar Martha is what is known in Japan…
New Study On Effects Of Manga Piracy Show Piracy's Effects Are More Nuanced Than Good Or Badfrom the comicly-nuanced deptIn all of our years and years of discussions on piracy and copyright…
