Japan will substantially hike visa issuance fees for foreign residents in the next fiscal year and utilize the additional ...
In 2020, the Japanese crypto industry seems to have entered its maturation phase. With new crypto laws established in May, large exchanges have solidified their leading positions, while crypto ...
After calculating the entire game sales for 52 weeks from December 30, 2019, to December 27, 2020, Famitsu found the total scale of Japan’s 2020 gaming market at 367.38 billion yen. That’s a 12.5% ...
Each event will have a limited number of participants, so if applications exceed the number of applicants, a lottery will be held to determine who will be able to participate in their desired category ...
People around the world are looking forward to life after the coronavirus pandemic. Some are anticipating a return to normal, but others are highlighting the other great social challenges we must ...
TOKYO -- Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The first time, she was just 22 years old with a full-time job in publishing that didn't pay enough to cover her rent and grocery bills ...
According to research firm IDC (via GizChina), Apple dominated the smartphone market in Japan over the fourth quarter of 2020, with the iPhone brand accounting for over half of all phone sales in the ...
Thanks to the chaos COVID-19 has wrought on Hollywood release schedules, U.S. films took their lowest share of Japan's box office in modern times. Western movies brought in just $328 million, down 71 ...
There’s nothing like watching the Olympics on TV to give you a major case of wanderlust. Despite the mostly empty stadiums – spectators were banned – athletes from around the world have still been ...
Last Friday, TV Tokyo broadcast a discussion between its journalists that dived into the reasons behind Sony releasing this ...