The Idolmaster series’ Yayoi Takatsuki appointed as a tourism ambassador for Takatsuki city, Japan. A special event will take place on Yayoi Takatsuki’s birthday, March 25.

A Japanese/English otaku phrase book called Sekai ga Hirogaru Oshikatsu Eigo (世界が広がる 推し活英語) is coming to Japan. The book boasts having 330 words and 477 phrases and appears to have the English and Japanese side-by-side.

A firefighter in Japan punished after posting video game content on YouTube. The videos were about an online game where multiple players participated as crew members on a vehicle and engaged in a mind game.

Japan remains the country with the most gaming-related tweets 2 years in a row. Colon, a Japanese content creator, is at the top of the “Most Talked About Gaming Creators” list.