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New Funding Paradigm: Japanese Grassroots Football Clubs Launch Fan Tokens

25.5.2021
An increasing number of Japanese amateur and semi-professional football teams are seeking to launch so-called “fan tokens” – prompting some to ask if a new model is developing for fundraising in grassroots sport in the country. Per Keizai, Coedo Kawagoe FC, a Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture-based...

Japanese Idol Group Criticized For Covid-19 Disinfection Measures

24.5.2021
During recent indoor concerts for Japanese idol group AKB48, attendees were sprayed with “Virus Buster Water” as a precaution against covid-19.Read more

New Japanese TV Drama About Manga Fan Who Loves Shipping

21.5.2021
Baki The Grappler is a manga (and anime, pictured) about dudes beating the crap out of each other in an underground material arts tournament. In 2019, sociologist Junko Kaneda wrote a book about viewing it through a Boys’ Love lens. It’s now being adapted into a live-action TV series in Japan.Read...

Japanese Pro-Crypto MP Spells Out Vision of Crypto, NFT Regulatory Future

21.5.2021
Japan’s most vocal pro-crypto MP has spoken out about his vision for Japan’s crypto regulation – and claims backing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) could help create a new growth engine for cultural exports. The comments came from Shun Otokita of the Japan Innovation Party, the third most-represented...

Let's Go Back In Time And Visit A Japanese Arcade In 1992

18.5.2021
The early 90s was a magical time for arcade gaming, especially in Japan, so what better way to take a trip back in time than watching this excerpt from a 1992 documentary series all about the Game Fantasy arcade in Nerima, Tokyo.Read more

Hideaki Anno Is Not Remaking A Famous Anime, Says Studio

17.5.2021
Recently, an article on a Japanese news site claimed that Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno was doing “a new version” of an anime that “everyone knows” in Japan. The article added that the original iconic anime was directed by someone else, and the information claimed to be from a studio staffer....

How Studio Ghibli Helped With The Latest Evangelion Film

13.5.2021
Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno has a history that goes way back with Studio Ghibli—before it was even founded. One of the first big jobs he got in the industry was working on Hayao Miyazaki’s 1984 classic Nausicaä. Read more

Gundam's Zaku Makes A Pretty Good Japanese Teapot

12.5.2021
Quick! Out of all the Gundam mecha, if you were to pick one to make a Japanese teapot, which would you pick?Read more

Evangelion World Closes At Japanese Theme Park

11.5.2021
If you didn’t visit, you missed your chance. The Evangelion World attraction at the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park closed this past Sunday.Read more

Japanese Assembly Members Seek to Make Tokyo a ‘Cryptocurrency Trading Center’

11.5.2021
Japan is steadily becoming an area of interest for the cryptocurrency industry, and a politician in the capital city is looking to strengthen the trend. A member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly wants to transform the Japanese capital into a “trading center” for cryptos. Blockchain...

World Of Warships Adds Very Bored King Kong And Godzilla

11.5.2021
In World of Warships and its console counterpart, World of Warship: Legends, players compete in fairly realistic naval battles featuring historically accurate battleships and weapons. So it’s a bit odd that Godzilla and King Kong have been added to the game as part of a new event. Even weirder...

Demon Slayer Tops US Box Office For First Time Since Original Pokémon Movie

4.5.2021
The Demon Slayer feature film was a box office juggernaut in Japan, surpassing Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away as the biggest earning feature film in Japan. It’s also doing very, very well in the US.Read more

It's Very Important To Nintendo That Publishers Don't Work For The Yakuza

3.5.2021
After being delayed by technical issues that resulted in a conference call full of screaming Fortnite children, the long-awaited Epic vs Apple court trial is finally underway this week. As part of the proceedings, Nintendo provided documents that include a publisher contract—though honestly...

Gold Gundam Statues Go On Sale In Japan For Only $240,000

3.5.2021
Like Gundam? Have lots of money? Well, does a Japanese jewelry company have a product for you. Several, actually.Read more

Japanese Town Got Covid-19 Money So They Built A Giant Squid Statue

3.5.2021
The town of Noto in Ishikawa received millions of yen due to the impact of covid-19. The money was part of a rural revitalization project to help the countryside in the wake of the virus.Read more

Japan’s Gaming Giant Nexon Buys 1,717 Bitcoins — Company Says BTC ‘Offers Long-Term Stability and Liquidity’

28.4.2021
Japanese gaming firm Nexon has purchased 1,717 bitcoins for approximately $100 million. The company believes “bitcoin offers long-term stability and liquidity while maintaining the value of our cash for future investments.” Japan’s Nexon Buys Bitcoin Major gaming company Nexon...