Japan’s copyright enforcers ask: how many words must a man write down, before he can be shaken down?
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Had your fill of Pokémon Go? Use this device to play classic Game Boy-era games on your phone’s display!
Stay! Stay! Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! might sound like another example of Japanese weirdness, but it’s actually foreign-developed.
Warner Brothers Japan’s ad campaign for the new Wonder Woman movie sparks controversy on the Japanese Internet.
Surgeon says damage would be enough to “force a professional rugby player to retire.”
Has the clothing brand has done the unthinkable and permeated the lucrative animal kingdom market?
This glittering mask made of solid gold is now on display at the GINZA TANAKA jewelry shop in Ginza.
Respondents in the U.S., China, and four other countries’ top 10 answers included Pokémon, military leaders, and adult film actresses.
27 years after the first 8-to-16-bit Nintendo video game migration, it might be time to do it all over again, so we called the company to see if they’d give us any more info.
We cannot say with 100 percent certainty that a giant robot did not intervene at the last minute.
The Rock transforms into the most famous Pocket Monster of all to delight his daughter.
On the Road to Recovery: The People of America and Kumamoto Join Together is a beautiful clip that encourages the people of Kumamoto to be positive during recovery efforts.
Written entirely in Japanese and without any English text, foreign visitors are wondering what on earth these ads mean.
Progressive samurai was denied his dream of crossing the ocean, but his tanto still made it to California.
Veteran vocalist shows she can sing in English like nobody’s business in preview for Japanese release of animated musical Sing.
The protagonist of the Hollywood anime adaptation will always look like Scarlet Johansson, but she won’t always sound like her.
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Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
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French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
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