In Japan, a Hello Kitty Gundam crossover was held to celebrate Hello Kitty’s 45th anniversary and Gundam’s 40th anniversary. This involved an array unexpected promotions, like an animated short with ...

Audiophiles in Japan can now subscribe to the Qobuz music streaming service for 1280 Japanese Yen per month. Qobuz launched in 2007 and there is no question that the hi-res music streaming service ...

In many places, arcades seem to have nearly, if not completely, vanished. Yet, in Japan, they continue to hang on. As The Financial Times reports in a recent piece on Japanese arcades, there were ...