NieR:Automata Wins the PlayStation Platinum Prize at the Sony PlayStation Awards
An honor at the Sony PlayStation awards Along with the 25th Anniversary of the PlayStation, the globally acclaimed NieR:Automata was one of five titles that…
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Gorgeous One Piece Anime Short Commercial Imagines Alabasta Arc As High School Drama
In Japan, Nissin Cup Noodle has been running a series of commercials titled “Hungry Days” which re-imagines popular anime characters as Japanese high school students…
20,000 Bamboo Lanterns Light Up This Charming Japanese Castle Town Once A Year
The Chikuraku Festival A festival born out of necessity 20 years ago, residents of the city of Taketa 竹田 in Oita Prefecture came up with…
Tradition And Technique Meet In New Japanese Match Style Incense Sticks
Two traditional crafts of Hyogo prefecture, matchmaking and incense production, have come together in a simple but innovative new design called Hibi: incense sticks in…
Japan Celebrates Year Of The Rat With Impossibly Cute Capybara Hot Spring
“World’s largest living rodents” can be a bit of a hard sell in terms of cuteness for the uninitiated, but anyone familiar with Capybara knows…
Ikuboss: Managers In Step with The Times Promoting Father-Friendly Workplaces in Nagasaki Prefecture
Ikuboss Have you heard of ikuboss? A portmanteau term derived from the Japanese word ikuji 育児, meaning “child care” and the English loan word “boss,”…
Japanese Voices: YuNi no All Night Nippon i – Episode 18
Japanese Voices 日本語のままクールジャパン is a regular series designed for learners of Japanese to enjoy real Japanese language programming from Nippon Broadcasting System, one of the…
BK Japan Has “Ghost Whopper,” Redecorated “Shibuya Ghost Store” with Zombie Staff
Burger King Japan is channeling the spirit of Halloween this year with a zombie-themed promotion unlike any other. In a world’s first for the flame-broiled…
Musical Calculator Gives Nostalgic Twist To Neon Genesis Evangelion And Legend Of Zelda Themes
If you do a search for the AR-7778 calculator on YouTube, you’ll quickly find that it’s a popular musical calculator that plays simple tunes when…
Japanese Voices: YuNi no All Night Nippon i – Episode 17
Japanese Voices 日本語のままクールジャパン is a regular series designed for learners of Japanese to enjoy real Japanese language programming from Nippon Broadcasting System, one of the…
Japanese Illustrator’s Realistic Asahi Super Dry Artwork Looks Good Enough To Drink
It might seem that only using pencil might be a dead giveaway for even some of the most realistic artwork as simply a drawing, but…
Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Casts Ein, Gives Him Adorable Table Read
When the live-action adaptation of popular anime series Cowboy Bebop was announced and confirmed as an upcoming Netflix series release, fans began rumbling with the…
The Kimono Will Survive: Sheila Cliffe Says It’s A ‘Complete, Fulfilling Fashion System’
Arielle Busetto, JAPAN Forward Are you curious about the Japanese traditional dress known as kimono? After the recent media storm surrounding Kim Kardashian’s short-lived underwear…
Sexy Enough For Media? Environment Minister Koizumi’s “Sexy” Comment In Context
On the eve of a United Nations climate summit in New York, newly minted Japanese environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi spoke at a news conference for…
Rowdy Rugby World Cup Fans Cause Crowd Surfing Stir On Tokyo Train
In some ways, the ongoing 2019 Rugby World Cup has been seen as a test run for how Japan’s hosting of the 2020 Olympic Games…