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'No signs of remorse'—Sonic creator faces prison sentence and over $1 million fine in ongoing trial
By Joshua Wolens published
News Yuji Naka's defence will try to reduce the sentence and the fines.

Just one person showed up to buy an RTX 4060 Ti for its late night Akihabara launch
By Katie Wickens published
news Two stores opened late in Japan's Akihabara district for the event, but it's become painfully clear they wasted their money.

This company secured billions to reboot Japan's chip industry in just 4 years
By Jorge Jimenez published
News After a 20-year hiatus, Japan is jumping back into the semiconductor manufacturing game.

Japan officially designates today Final Fantasy 7 Day
By Joshua Wolens published
News Today is the 26th anniversary of FF7's Japanese PS1 release, and Japan's decided to make things official.

Japanese PC gaming has had incredible growth in the last few years
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The Japanese PC games market doubled in size from 2018 to 2021.

The US to join forces with Japan to produce bleeding-edge 2nm chips by 2025
By Jorge Jimenez published
News The chip race against TSMC just got a lot more interesting.

Online abuse in Japan can now be punished with up to a year in jail
By Rich Stanton published
news The change follows public debate over the 2020 suicide of reality star Hana Kimura.

After 30 years, Japanese tactics series Super Robot Wars is finally coming West
By Jonathan Bolding published
News The Bandai Namco published series has never officially released outside of Asia, but Super Robot Wars 30 is coming to Steam.
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