Mit Akku-Technik aus Südkorea will Softbank Japan unabhängiger von China machen. Dafür soll ein altes LCD-Werk umgebaut werden. (Akku, Wirtschaft)
Japanese electronics giant Bic Camera is making life tricky for those seeking to cash in on Pokémon cards. To deter scalpers, a branch in Tokyo now has a written Pokémon quiz that customers have to pass in order to buy the Ninja Spinner expansion.
Video games featuring marketing tie-ins with food and beverages is certainly nothing new–especially in Japan, where beloved game characters have been hawking things like ramen seasoning for decades. However, this latest campaign–a tie-up between famed international beverage-maker Asahi and Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Rebirth–is deliciously strange in all the right ways. Asahi introduced a canned […]
Pragmata’s tiny AI protagonist Diana has been turned into a VTuber, and is inviting other VTubers to the moon to engage in adorable conversations. First to visit the newly-2D child protagonist was Usada Pekora, a Japanese VTuber affiliated with Hololive Productions–the largest VTubing agency in the world. She made her first appearance, known within the […]
Audition Limited Edition 4K Blu-Ray $38 | Releases June 16 See at Amazon In 2002, I saw the American remake of The Ring and left the theater both haunted and obsessed. The famous cursed videotape made its way into my dreams, eventually triggering a lifelong passion for Japanese horror as I tracked down all the […]
Godzilla is set to burst back on to theater screens in Godzilla Minus Zero in November this year. However, Toho has recently hinted that new plans are afoot for its legendary King of the Monsters. The giant kaiju will be getting “Godzilla World,” a plan to expand and interconnect the Japanese Godzilla’s universe in a […]
There are all sorts of hidden cute moments with Diana and Hugh in Capcom’s Pragmata. But some players have recently spotted a Japanese comedy reference that Diana makes when handling the Globe REM collectable.
We live in a world where most people don’t think twice about posting detailed spoiler articles or video breakdowns of the latest blockbuster movies or TV shows. However, this month, the Tokyo District Court handed down an 18 month suspended prison sentence, plus a one million yen (approx. $6,300) fine to a website administrator for […]