Revamped "Gundam" theme cafe opens in Tokyo's Akihabara district
A bigger and more immersive version of a themed facility based on the popular Japanese science fiction anime "Mobile Suit Gundam" has opened in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district.
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The SEGA Arcade In Akihabara Is Shutting Down This Month
An iconic location in Tokyo is going away at the end of the month as the SEGA Arcade in Akihabara is shutting down on August 30th. If you're not familiar with the location, you might be if you p…
Japan's Giant Gundam Robot Is Nearly Complete
It’s coming together—literally! Japan’s giant Gundam appears nearly finished and ready for its first steps. In a recent video, Gundam Factory Yokohama, which is constructing the 18-meter-ta…
PS4 Games Set in Japan
Without Japan’s contributions, we would not have the video game industry we have today. And while we all know that there are a multitude of excellent Japanese games available for PS4, you may be unaw…
Imperial Palace reopens to public after 2-month closure
KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 10:45 | All, Japan, CoronavirusThe East Gardens of the Imperial Palace grounds reopened Tuesday to the public after a closure of about two months due to the novel…
Manga artist raises question online about false perspective in Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro
In a one-point perspective drawing, imaginary vanishing lines along an object recede to one vanishing point on an imaginary horizon line (in this case, think “eye-level line”) in the distan…
National museums in Japan reopen after 3-month closure over virus
KYODO NEWS - 33 minutes ago - 13:27 | Arts, Coronavirus, Japan, AllNational museums in Tokyo and three other areas in Japan reopened Tuesday after three months of closure due to the novel c…
Japanese 26-year old single mother arrested for inviting underage high school boy home
On 24 December, a 26-year old woman was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a 16-year old high school boy in Hyogo Prefecture, but has claimed that she merely invited him to her apartment.…
Japan to forgo shift to Sept. start of school year from 2021
The premier made the remarks after receiving a proposal in opposition to the shift from Noritoshi Ishida, policy chief of the Komeito party, the coalition partner of Abe's ruling Liberal Democra…
23-year-old Tokyo policewoman falls in movie-style love with yakuza member, real life ensues
He wasn’t arrested for theft, but he stole her heart, and she gave him even more in return. In November of last year, officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Shinjuku Precinct arrested a m…