Sony's PlayStation 2 sold nearly 65 times more than Microsoft's Xbox console in Japan during the past year, according to the latest report by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA), ...

BANDA ACEH, IndonesiaBANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Tears streamed down Maisara Mucharam’s face as she watched aerial shots of the tsunami pummeling Japan’s coast and remembered the day, six years ago, when ...

The first issue of Gaming Life in Japan for 2004 offers our (and, in some ways, Famitsu's) look back at the year 2003 in Japan. Below, you'll find sales information for the entire year, a Famitsu ...

Friday was certainly the low point of CEATEC JAPAN this year, but expect the convention to be in full swing for its final day tomorrow. Yet it will have been today, because our coverage is a day ...

The Japanese music market, the world's second-largest, continued to decline in 2004, according to preliminary year-end shipment data from the Recording Industry Assn. of Japan. By Billboard Staff The ...

Based on the latest data and forecasts from Japan, it would be premature to declare the end of that country’s deflationary period. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) forecasts that consumer prices will continue ...

Satoko Fujii creates one of the most original sounds in jazz, in any setting, though the word "jazz" is too confining to describe what she does. The ever-prolific Japanese-born pianist has recorded ...

The prolific pianist, composer and bandleader Satoko Fujii performs and records with a variety of musical configurations. Discs by her two, well established, small groups—the Satoko Fujii Trio and ...

Two gaming events were held in Japan this past week: The Xbox Touch & Try Tour 2004 Winter and AOU 2004. Both events sucked. One day prior to that was the AOU arcade show, where arcade game makers ...

Tears streamed down Maisara Mucharam's face as she watched aerial shots of the tsunami pummeling Japan's coast and remembered the day, six years ago, when her youngest daughter was ripped out of her ...