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Tourrettes will host its annual Manga Fair on Sunday, bringing together fans of manga, cosplay, gaming and Japanese culture for a day of free family-friendly entertainment.

Gumi is expanding further beyond mobile games with a three-year Bitcoin fund backed by SBI, Daiwa Securities and other investors.

Anyone who has wandered through the neon‑lit alleys of Akihabara knows that Japan treats gaming not just as a pastime but as an art; arcades ring with the clack of buttons, and console releases are events.

Netflix has released the main trailer, key art, and stills forS&X, the new Japanese drama series starring Kento Nakajima, premiering August 20. Based on Motoo Tada’s mangaS&X: The Confession of Therapist Ichito Shimotori(serialized by Kodansha inMorningmagazine), the series is set at Shimotori Clinic, where sex therapist Ichito Shimotori treats patients wrestling with deeply personal struggles…

Lumibricks will soon bring its Manga Shop to the world of illuminated building blocks, according to steine-kanal.de. The set already has an Amazon listing and an ASIN, although several details are still missing. It is not yet available to order.

While most Nintendo fans know about the NES and Famicom, there were plenty of other versions of Nintendo’s 8-bit hardware, some of which were never meant to be owned by the general public. One such piece of Nintendo history is the Famicombox, which was a commercial-use-only Famicom that released in 1986, and it was mainly…

Shohei Ohtani is a global superstar. His baseball cards are in high demand all over the world, especially in his native Japan, where the Ohtani market continues to soar. By Greg Bates⋅ JUL 24, 2026

Saudi Arabia writer and director Bassmah Abdullah is combining animation and artificial intelligence in ‘Shama,’ a short film that uses AI-generated cultural imagery. (Supplied)Saudi Arabia writer and director Bassmah Abdullah is combining animation and artificial intelligence in ‘Shama,’ a short film that uses AI-generated cultural imagery. (Supplied) Short Url: 22 Jul 2026 10:07:24 GMT9 22…

If you’re looking for a new PlayStation 5 but want to save some money in the face of seemingly never-ending gaming price hikes, you might be tempted to get your hands on Sony’s cheaper Japanese version of the flagship console. That’s an understandable urge — the console bundles cost 55,000 to 65,000 yen, or around…

Fans of K-pop group BTS, known as ARMY, film a promotional comeback video broadcast at Shinsegae Square in Jung-gu, central Seoul, March 20, one day before the group’s highly anticipated concert at Gwanghwamun Square. Korea Times photo by Park Ji-yeon