Event to take place from 25 to 27 April at Dubai Exhibition Centre in Expo City- Global voice actors, cosplay competitions, ...

Since the Japanese anime boom of the past few decades, Akihabara has been a refuge for the otaku — someone who would “go ...

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Atsuko Fukase formerly wrote about banking and M&A deals from The Wall Street Journal's Tokyo bureau.

Japanese eki stamps (station stamps) are a charming feature of Japanese railway culture. Beloved by visitors and oshi-tetsu ...

Today, if the card is a mint-condition, first-edition Charizard, it could fetch six figures. In 2022, one sold for $420,000 at trading-card marketplace PWCC (now Fanatics Collect ). “In the past year, ...

Google and Pokémon drop a new yet nostalgic Easter egg: a mobile-only game that lets fans catch all 151 original Pokémon.

Astar, a collective driving Web3 adoption from Japan, is relaunching its Yoki Origins as Yoki Legacy on Sony's Soneium blockchain.

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A clip of Twitch streamer Matthew “Mizkif’ has surfaced online where he calls Japanese people NPCs (non-playable characters).