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Japan is betting it can turn pop-culture fans into fluent Japanese speakers with a potential AI-powered language-learning app through which users can practice conversations with popular characters.

Ahead of this week’s Autumn Budget, UKIE is urging the UK government to modernise the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC).

Japanese manga artist Yoshinori Kobayashi sued the government Monday, saying that the revised Imperial House Law, which allows male paternal-line descendants of former imperial family branches to be adopted into the imperial family, violates the Constitution.

But that’s what happened earlier this month when the White House released a gaming website called Arcade.gov.

Image Image Debora Cahn, showrunner of the The Diplomat, talks about her work as attorney Neal Katyal ’91, who is writing a show about the Supreme Court, readies to chime in. Former Ambassador Erica Barks Ruggles, left, and journalist Dafna Linzer moderated the discussion. (Photo by Kata Sasvari) 9/25/2026 More Reading

If it feels like Japan has been ever-present in pop culture for the past decade,that isn’t an accident. Back in 2013, the Japanese government established the Cool Japan Fund with the aim of investing in projects that would push the country’s cultural influence in overseas markets. However, that time has ended as Japan has decided…

Tessa Munt, MP for Wells and rural areas around Burnham-On-Sea, has urged the Government to step in and support struggling high street businesses after new figures revealed dozens of closures across Somerset in the first half of the year.

As Assam battles one of its worst floods in decades, singer Papon has urged the government to focus on long-term solutions. While relief efforts remain crucial, he said stronger infrastructure is needed to end the cycle of annual devastation

South Korea‘s government and the country’s four largest K-pop companies – HYBE, SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment – have unveiled plans for FANOMENON, a music festival launching in Seoul in December 2027.

Swara Bhasker took to Instagram to condemn the deployment of additional forces at Delhi`s Jantar Mantar. She called it shameful, saying the Indian government has declared war on the youth and children of this country