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At the end of February, with the extent of coronavirus infection in Japan surpassing initial expectations, Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea announced that they’d be shutting down from February 29 to M…
One of those changes includes limiting contact with strangers, which doesn’t bode well for pizza chains like Domino’s and Pizza Hut, who rely on delivery orders for a substantial portion of their rev…
Nedre Foss is a Norwegian label for interior products, founded and backed by the design studio Anderssen & Voll, who reached out to Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto to create a household …
The heartwarming tale of how Yuzo Koshiro became famous in an era when game developers worked in obscurity also has a Studio Ghibli connection. Yuzo Koshiro has been one of the video game indust…
At first glance, Chen-Dao Lee uses people around him as motifs. His home country, Taiwan, accepts a lot of culture from Japan and the US, and his paintings incorporate Taiwanese mixed cultu…
KYODO NEWS - 3 hours ago - 15:20 | All, Japan, World, Coronavirus[Photo courtesy of Kurabo Industries Ltd.]Textile and chemical product maker Kurabo Industries Ltd. said Thursday it will im…
Positions in IT, Gaming, and Translation among our top picks for jobs you can apply to from overseas this week! On Mar 12, 2020Each week we look through our job database and select the best oppo…
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 14:00 | Sports, News, All, Coronavirus, WorldA member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee's executive board said it would be more realistic to postpone th…
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 17:25 | All, Japan, CoronavirusTokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea will extend their closure until early April to contain the spread of the new coronavirus in Jap…
Kotaku East East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Japanese design firm EkōD Works created these glasses. …
