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Eiko Digital Creative High School opens in two cities where students can study e-sports and more
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Krista Rogers
May 2, 2023 - Tweet
- Japan
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“Gamer apartments” available to rent for under US$350 a month, comes with full gaming PC set up
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Katie Pask
Feb 23, 2022
- Japan
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Japanese pro gamer kicked off e-sports team after saying short men shouldn’t have human rights
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Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2022
Tekken pro asks guys under 170 centimeters (67 inches) tall to “please live your life with the idea ‘I have no human rights’ in your mind.”
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- (controversy • e-sports • pro gamers • pro gaming • short • short men • society • video games)
Japan is opening a video gaming/e-sports high school, and the idea isn’t as crazy as it sounds
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Starting next spring, going to school is going to mean going to Shibuya to play games for some Tokyo teens.
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Japanese figure skater Shoma Uno crushes pro gamer in Super Smash Bros. tournament【Video】
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Krista Rogers
Aug 3, 2020
- Japan
- (e-sports • esports • figure skating • nintendo • pro gaming • Shoma Uno • Smash Bros • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • tournament • video • video games)
Tokyo has a share house for people who want to be pro gamers, comes furnished with gaming PCs
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Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019
- Japan
- (apartments • COK • cool • e-sports • Living in Japan • pro gamers • pro gaming • share houses • shared houses • video games)
Japanese dad mercilessly beats son to tears in Smash Bros. after he says he wants to be pro gamer
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Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2018
Gamer father showed his power, but the Japanese Internet thinks he might not have displayed much wisdom.
- Japan
- (e-sports • kids • nintendo • Parenting • parents • pro gamers • pro gaming • society • Super Smash Bros. • video games)
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