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City of Kyoto under fire for problematic Pokémon card vending machine in subway station
The Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau has come under fire for installing vending machines that sell “original packs” of Pokémon cards that many deem legally and morally questionable.
Percentage of Japanese language users at record high on Steam, surpassing even German and French
According to Valve’s Steam Hardware & Software Survey, Japanese is currently the sixth most used language on the platform, meaning that there has been a significant increase in Japanese users in June.
Game studio in Japan struggles to find employees as the industry grows stronger
Japanese game studio Indie-us Games has recently revealed via Twitter that the company has lost all their prospective employees to other companies due to rising competitiveness in Japan’s growing game industry.
After reading Initial D, two Japanese men try to drift but fail and get arrested
Two Japanese men (20, 21 y/o) have been arrested for attempting to drift on a public road. The offenders told the police that reading Initial D made them want to try drifting in real life.
Viral sand Tetris game Setris was suspended for copyright infringement and reborn under a new name
The viral game Setris, also known as the ‘The Sand Tetris’ had been suspended due to a copyright claim by the original copyright holder of Tetris. The game has been brought back under a new name – Sandtrix.
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Non-gaming news
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.
nintendo
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.
