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.
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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.
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.
Roblox Steal a Brainrot’s huge popularity among Japanese kids raises concerns over school violence, microtransactions and excessive play sessions
Japanese parents raise concern over Roblox's Steal a Brainrot minigame getting increasingly popular among school-aged children.
Dark fantasy platonic yuri visual novel Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea launches on Steam. A scylla meets the most beautiful human she’s ever seen
Waku Waku Games and Kuso no Kobo have released the dark fairy tale visual novel Drowning Song of the Stagnant Sea.
“Spending decades working on one thing only to realize you can’t do anything else.” Guilty Gear creator discusses dangers of modern AAA development’s “overspecialization” of staff
Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari discusses production of AAA games and the "dangers" of overspecialization of development staff.