Tokyo's Nagatachō Apartment is designed to be a "visual feast"
A bubblegum-pink kitchen and stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet co…
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Nintendo Switch overtakes SNES with more than 52 million sold
Nintendo had its strongest Switch quarter ever this holiday season, moving 10.81 million units to reach a total of 52.48 million sold as of the end of 2019. The 16-bit SNES was released in …
7 Weird Questions Female ALTs Get Asked While Teaching English in Japan
This is especially true for female ALTs. Chalk it up to those budding hormones, but many female ALTs said they’ve received melodramatic marriage proposals from male and female students alike.…
Live-Action One Piece Coming To Netflix, Eiichiro Oda Involved
Screenshot : ONE PIECE公式YouTubeチャンネルKotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Working with Tomorrow St…
The Japanese Esports License System Is Mess
Prev Next View AllIn Japan, there is a gaming license system that defines what a pro player is. The system was established in February 2018 and nearly two years later, the awkward stop-gap …
Eating miso and soy sauce could help you live longer, study claims
Regularly eating fermented soy products such as miso and soy sauce could help you live longer, new research has found. In photos: Street food across Asia Show all 20 left Created with Sketch.…
Japanese billionaire cancels plans to find girlfriend and take her to the moon
A Japanese billionaire who hoped to find a girlfriend and take her on a trip to the Moon has cancelled his search. Yusaku Maezawa had intended to document his search for a companion through a TV…
Billionaire axes public search for girlfriend after almost 30,000 women apply
Yusaku Maezawa had appealed for a partner to join him for a trip to the moon as the first private passengers on Elon Musk's SpaceX. His search was due to become a show for Abema TV, but now…
Photos reveal Shigeru Ban's Tainan Art Museum building in Taiwan
An overhanging canopy shades the cascading exhibition spaces and outdoor terraces that make up Shigeru Ban's gallery at the Tainan Art Museum. It is one of two buildings that form the Taina…
Nintendo wins 500-million yen lawsuit against operator of Tokyo “real-life Mario Kart” company
Honestly, with a dozen-plus games released over a span of 27 years, most people alive today have spent far, far more time driving an in-game Mario Kart than one of the real-life runabo…