We interview the Star Wars director in Tokyo as he talks about the easiest and most difficult parts of writing an ending to the nine-film series.
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One topic dominated conversations in Japan this year, and now it’s officially the most significant single kanji character of the past 12 months.
Do you know the name of the Pokémon anime’s main character? Congratulations! Here’s a thousand dollars!
Fire up your city pop playlist for a visit to Asakusa’s legendary Marubell, where the ’80s never totally went away.
Official Kirby Cafe merchandise turns out to be startlingly, and adorably, good at recreating the Nintendo star’s in-game power.
Sure, we suppose you could make money by treating your Pocket Monsters like this, but it’d make you the real monster.
”Do we want ramen or fried food?” we asked ourselves, and the answer was “Both, obviously.”
Production committee for Fragtime, studio’s most recent anime that’s playing in theaters right now, say their repeated attempts to communicate have yielded no response.
Last remaining member of original group of 20 founding idols announces graduation, says she “still loves AKB48.”
One of Japan’s best katana-collection museums recreates its swords in miniature form for you to cut up your desserts with.
Tear-jerking reports from multiple artists as studio, which produced a theatrical anime this year, erases its online presence.
Sounds can be deceiving as Ryu battles E. Honda in a fight that’s half laughable, half legitimately amazing.
The most hated forced social activity of the year in Japan could be changed to make everyone happier, Twitter user says.
Will our UFO-chasing reporter finally get the answers he’s been looking for since the alien encounter he says he had in high school?
The ramen croquette is here to satisfy all our guilty pleasure hunger food cravings at once.