IGN Japan’s chief editor Daniel Robson gives us a little peek behind the curtain that shrouds the dream job of many gamers: covering videogames, movies and...
In the telework environment of the pandemic, why not give chocolates instead to people in difficult situations? Or to people working in sectors essential for the...
In a world that has been forced to abandon speed and revert to a time of slow-motion, even the center of fashion has changed.
As long as I had my pocket WiFi with me, and at least one bar of connectivity on its screen, I could base myself anywhere between...
Japanese games have a place in gamers’ hearts, both at home and abroad, and 2021 will be another chance to be reminded of that. Here's what...
In typical Japanese style, the country has trending words of the year and the kanji of the year. We take a look at the single unwelcome...
What were the words and topics that Japanese couldn’t get enough of? What were the buzzwords on everyone’s lips? (First part) Trending Word...
Even in Tokyo — a gigantic, densely populated, modern technological center — the COVID-19 pandemic has popularized telework beyond expectations and caused people to rediscover their...
The story dates back to when the world spoke only one language. People built a city on the vast land and started erecting a gigantic...
So there it is, done and dusted. I have cycled the length of Japan during COVID-19. It took 5 weeks, a lot of blood and...
In the two decades I taught my course “Japan in the Foreign Imagination” at Keio and other Japanese universities, I came to stress that most...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread worldwide, and Shota Katagiri, a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV) of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is...