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Fire Emblem Engage artist Mika Pikazo apologizes for tweets about piracy from nine years ago
Illustrator Mika Pikazo posted an apology on her official Twitter account for past tweets in which she talks positively about piracy and admits to doing it herself.
Tears of the Kingdom player discovers (and gets trapped in) mysterious liminal space-like punishment ward
A The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player was thrown into “solitary confinement” for putting too much load on the game, getting trapped in a mysterious “punishment ward” that apparently exists in the game.
Japanese publishers ban “insanity” and similar sensitive words, but is the censorship going too far?
A series of tweets by a Japanese manga author on the topic of words they are not allowed to use under their publisher has triggered discussion among users regarding the censorship of words referring to “insanity” in fiction, with many…
The short-lived invention of quantum linking in Tears of the Kingdom and what all it made possible
The quantum link glitch that was discovered in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and brought in-game engineering to a whole new level has unfortunately been fixed with the new update of the game.
Japanese users can’t get enough of this cute Tanuki mailman in the upcoming indie title Project Tanuki
Project Tanuki, an upcoming game by Indie studio Denkiworks, has caught the attention of Japanese users with its cute Tanuki mailman character.
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Japanese police arrest two people for selling AI generated “obscene” Evangelion posters
The two men made a combined total of over 15 million yen selling explicit AI generated posters of popular female anime characters online.
Indie games
Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game (Updated)
Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.
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Nintendo stock hits highest price since listing as Japanese analysts update Switch 2 sales forecasts
Nintendo has risen for three consecutive trading days, temporarily rising to 9,775 yen on January 23. This renewed the company’s highest price since its listing.
