Light Up Your Lair With These Cute Eevee, Pikachu, Gengar and Mimikyu LED Wall Lights
If you’re shopping for a night light or a wall light, and happen to be a Pokémon fan, you may have already seen Toyo Case’s…
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Train Like the Attack on Titan Survey Corps at a Japanese Adventure Theme Park
As the super popular anime, Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) enters its final story arc, a few different special events have been popping up…
Tokyo’s Record Streak of Overcast Weather May End As “Weathering with You” Releases
As many of our readers already may know, Makoto Shinkai’s “Weathering with You” will open in Japanese theaters on July 19th, 2019. The release of…
Recovering Through Interactive Art in Tohoku
Kirsty Bouwers for JAPAN Forward Tohoku has slowly been trying to get back on its feet since the triple disasters of March 11, 2011. With…
Japanese Voices: YuNi no All Night Nippon i – Episode 6
Japanese Voices 日本語のままクールジャパン is a regular series designed for learners of Japanese to enjoy real Japanese language programming from Nippon Broadcasting System, one of the…
MGM Resorts Japan LLC’s Jason P. Hyland Explains His Vision For Integrated Resorts
IR in Japan Just about a year ago, Japan’s IR Implementation Bill was passed into law, opening the door to legalized casino gambling in Japan…
Stay in a ‘Superior’ Flight Simulator Room at a Tokyo Haneda Airport Hotel
If you like novelty hotel rooms, Japan is a great place to stay. There’s themed accommodation like the Hello Kitty or shiba inu rooms, or…
Cute And Tasty Lineup Of Pokémon Bubble Tea Released In Japan
Japan’s current bubble tea boom has gone in some interesting directions, including the introduction of tapioca beer and a viral challenge to balance bubble tea…
In Japan, Bottle Cap Challenge Has Anime Characters and VTubers Joining Humans
The currently trending Bottle Cap Challenge, which involves unscrewing a bottle cap off of the top of a bottle with a roundhouse kick (or by…
Lapras Named Official Tourism Ambassador In Japan, Waddles Through Doors
Anime characters taking up promotional duties in Japan isn’t exactly a new concept, as Luffy, Naruto, Goku, and others were officially named ambassadors for the…
eBook Reader Containing All 72 Volumes of Naruto in English Smashes Crowdfunding Goal
If you’re a fan of “Naruto” and have been putting off buying a complete anthology, now is your chance. Tokyo-based Progress Technologies Inc. makes the…
Japanese High Schoolers Pull Off Amazing Dance Routine To Aladdin’s “Friend Like Me”
As in many markets around the world, the live-action adaptation of the Disney classic Aladdin has proven to be a huge success here in Japan….
Young YouTuber Wants to Stay Out of School; People on Tokyo’s Streets Weigh In
Arielle Busetto, JAPAN Forward It was the end of a blissfully-long Golden Week holiday in May, but one young man was already thinking of back-to-school…
Japanese Voices: YuNi no All Night Nippon i – Episode 5
Japanese Voices 日本語のままクールジャパン is a regular series designed for learners of Japanese to enjoy real Japanese language programming from Nippon Broadcasting System, one of the…
“V-Summer!” Virtual Summer Fest To Be World’s Largest Virtual Live Event, With 15 Acts
Virtual Youtubers, or Vtubers for short, are becoming an increasingly important presence in Japanese entertainment, music and media. As reported by virtual entertainment media site…