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· Jane Nam
3,800 Japanese students kick off the new school year virtually in the metaverse
To kick off the new school year in Japan, which begins in April, approximately 3,800 students gathered in the metaverse. In what a Sora News article described as “Metaversity,” 29 trade schools held their opening ceremony in the Metaverse to welcome new students. While Japan…
· Bryan Ke
Chilean man who killed his Japanese ex-girlfriend appeals 28-year prison sentence
A Chilean man has appealed his 28-year prison sentence over the murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend in France in 2016. Nicolas Zepeda, 31, lodged the appeal on Wednesday, a day after a local French court gave him his sentence and determined that the murder was premeditated, as…
· Jane Nam
Former Japanese Princess Mako Komuro volunteers at the Met after marrying commoner boyfriend
Former Japanese Princess Mako Komuro is now reportedly working as a volunteer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, helping curators prepare for an exhibition on a Japanese monk from the 13th century. Mako and her husband, Kei Komuro, moved to New York last year…
· Ryan General
Watch: 20-year-old Japanese baseball phenom strikes out record-setting 19 in historic perfect game
Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) player Roki Sasaki, 20, played a perfect, record-setting game for his Chiba Lotte Marines team against the Orix Buffaloes on Sunday. Sasaki tied a league record for dishing out 19 strikeouts against the Buffaloes and set a record in Japanese…
· Daniel Anderson
US arrests Japanese Yakuza boss over missile sales to Myanmar rebels
Japanese Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa was arrested alongside co-conspirators for plotting drug distribution and purchasing U.S. surface-to-air missiles for Myanmar rebels. Authorities said Ebisawa planned to sell heroin and methamphetamine in the U.S. and acquired the missiles…
· Rebecca Moon
Japanese crane gamers will soon be able to grab prizes in real claw machines through Android apps
Rather than going to an actual claw machine, Android users in Japan will soon be able to play one remotely in real time through limited-time Google apps. A support article released by Google states that the crane games will be available from July 11 of this year through July 11,…
· Rebecca Moon
‘Old Enough’: Japanese TV show about toddlers navigating the real world alone debuts on Netflix
An entertainment documentary show called “Old Enough” sends toddlers to complete tasks and errands alone. The popular show has been running since 1990 and only releases two three-hour episodes annually, as a result of the amount of production preparation required. In Japan, the…
· Celine Pun
Japanese Kirby superfan flexes her massive collection of plushies
A Kirby superfan who goes by @0418_kirby_ on Twitter shared their impressive collection of hundreds of Kirby products that took about five years to grow. Kirby recently became the second video game series to win a Grammy for Best Arrangement. A Kirby superfan took to social…
· Rebecca Moon
Watch: Japanese robot trained to peel bananas carefully without squishing them
Researchers in Japan have unveiled a robot that has been trained to carefully peel bananas without crushing them. The dual-armed robot has managed to peel the banana successfully 57% of the time, providing hope and insight into a future where machines can perform more nimble…
· Daniel Anderson
Hideki Matsuyama’s Masters Champions Dinner menu inspired by his Japanese heritage
Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama revealed his luxurious Japanese menu for the 2022 Masters Champions dinner. The menu includes sushi, sashimi, nigiri and yakitori appetizers; miso-glazed black cod and A5 wagyu for the mains, as well as a strawberry shortcake for dessert. As…
· Jane Nam
USC awards honorary degrees, dedicates rock garden to incarcerated Japanese American students of WWII
On April 1, the University of Southern California opened a traditional Japanese rock garden to honor 120 Japanese American students who were forced out of school and into internment camps during World War II. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066,…
· Carl Samson
Japanese daughter and father duo go viral with their cosplay
A Japanese father and daughter have gone viral on social media after posting photos of themselves in cosplay. The daughter, Fumi, is already a popular content creator, but this is the first time her father joined her for an edgy photoshoot series. The duo portrayed themselves as…
· Bryan Ke
‘Takeshi’s Castle’, Japanese show that had contestants brave crazy obstacles, revived for Prime Video
The iconic ‘80s Japanese game show “Takeshi’s Castle” is being revived as a new series on Amazon Prime next year. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. (TBS), which broadcast the show from 1986 to 1990, announced on Wednesday that original host Takeshi Kitano will produce…
· Michelle De Pacina
Watch: Japanese baseball manager flies hoverbike in dramatic entrance at home opener
Tsuyoshi Shinjo, the former Major League Baseball player and now-manager of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, made an exhilarating entrance at his first home game of the season by flying a hoverbike to the center of the stadium. Shinjo, also known as “Big Boss,” maneuvered the…
· Michelle De Pacina
Bainbridge Island marks the 80th anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during WWII
March 30 marks 80 years since the unjust incarceration of around 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The forced evacuation of people from their homes and into concentration camps on the West Coast was brought about by President…
· Jane Nam
Japan’s legal adult age change sparks concerns that high school students will be coerced into porn
Starting April 1, Japan will lower its legal adult age from 20 to 18. The new law will allow those 18 and over the rights and responsibilities that come with being a legal adult, including the right to obtain loans, enter contracts and sign leases. The Japanese public has also…
· Rebecca Moon
Japan dismisses South Korea complaint over new textbooks that ‘distort’ historical, territorial facts
Japan has rejected South Korea’s protest against Japan’s approval of textbooks that allegedly “distort historical facts.” South Korea’s foreign ministry wrote earlier in a statement that Japan had downplayed the wartime issue of forced labor and sexual slavery against Koreans…
· Jane Nam
Japan to change age of adulthood for the first time since the Meiji Era of the late 1800s
Starting April 1, Japan will lower its legal adult age from 20 to 18. The change will upend over 140 years of civil code, soon giving 18- and 19-year-olds the rights and responsibilities that come with legal adulthood. Those 18 years and older will no longer need parental…
· Rebecca Moon
Human arm bone discovered under Japanese garden in Denver
Crew workers on an excavation project found a human arm bone under a Japanese garden at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The crew was replacing stream and pond linings at the time to prevent further water loss caused by cracks and damaged linings. The gardens sit on an area that was…
· Rebecca Moon
South Korea says new history textbooks in Japan ‘distorts facts’ about World War II sex slavery
After Japan approved new history textbooks, South Korea made a formal complaint that the books distorted “historical facts” about forced labor and sexual slavery imposed on Koreans during World War II. The textbooks were approved by Japanese authorities on Tuesday and will be…
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Bandai Namco Holdings
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Company · Japan · TYO:9697
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Company · Japan · TYO:4751
CyberAgent
CyberAgent runs ABEMA streaming and Cygames' hits like Uma Musume and Granblue Fantasy — a media-and-games force in Japanese pop culture.
Company · Japan · TYO:9983
Fast Retailing
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Company · Japan · TYO:9468
Kadokawa
Kadokawa ties publishing, anime adaptation, games, and fandom discovery into one listed media company.
Company · Japan · TYO:2801
Kikkoman
Kikkoman is how Japanese flavor went global — the soy sauce that became a default condiment on Western tables and made 'umami' a kitchen word.
Company · Japan · TYO:9766
Konami Group
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Company · Japan · TYO:7974
Nintendo
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