JCB launches “oshikatsu cancellation insurance” that can’t soothe the pain of missing your oshi, but can make up for it with money
Japanese otaku can now opt to insure their plans to go see their oshi.
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Mohamed Hassan
Mohamed from Egypt has been covering Japanese and indie games for more than 8 years for local and international outlets. He is very interested in the Japanese language and culture, and is a long term fan of JRPGs, indie games and visual novels.
Nostalgic train sim Retro Rail GO! renamed to Retro Rail Japan! as developer commits to continuing the project following plagiarism accusations in Japan
In a recent Steam update, Barely Making Games explains their decision to continue development of the "controversial" train sim Retro Rail GO!
Level-5 CEO says modern quality demands have made fast game development like back in the day extremely difficult
Level-5 game director and CEO Akihiro Hino talks about dev cycles inevitably growing longer in the modern game industry, making yearly releases difficult.
Use of Japanese anime and manga for AI training is a “serious issue that undermines creators’ rights,” CODA warns tech companies
CODA issues a new statement addressing recent copyright-related issues concerning AI models trained on Japanese content.
Two Japanese men arrested over alleged $213k USD Pokémon card heist targeting delivery vehicle
A 26 and 27-year-old Japanese man in Tokyo were arrested on suspicion of stealing over 300 Pokémon cards, worth approximately 34 million yen.
Seto Kaiba and Kento Nanami voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda sues TikTok over AI generated copycat voiceovers, but the platform argues it’s just a “generic male” voice
Japanese voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda sues Tik Tok owners over videos that feature AI generated voiceovers resembling his own voice.
Project Rabbit is a dark, Alice in Wonderland-inspired soulslike action RPG coming from Korea
Novaflare recently teased its upcoming new title Project Rabbit, a dark fantasy soulslike RPG with escape and survival elements.
Bleach: Brave Souls developer KLab launches new initiative to help integrate AI creators into commercial production
KLab, the game developer behind Bleach: Brave Souls and Dragon Quest Smash/Grow launches a new AI-based networking initiative.
Japanese student developers announce Jirai-kei brawler in which you have to beat your cheating ex-boyfriend and his mistresses to a pulp
Jirai-kei Girl: Vengeance, developed by KOJIMA_CREATE is scheduled to release on PC (Steam) in late 2026.
Post-apocalyptic bishojo RPG Last Origin is getting a sequel set in outer space, publisher announces as first title’s global launch nears
Ahead of the global release of Last Origin, publisher VALOFE has announced that a sequel title is currently in development.
Nekopara Sekai Connect reinvents the series’ world as “a perfectly calculated dystopia ruled by AI,” according to creator Sayori
Nekopara series creator Sayori talks about the dystopian lore introduced to the series with Nekopara Sekai Connect.
Bizarre Korean game in which you have to raise a severed head of a goddess stuck in a flowerpot was only possible to make back in the 2000s because “things were much more immature,” according to devs
Developers of bizarre Korean game TOMAK: Save the Earth ~ Love Story ~ discuss the story behind the title's development.