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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 16, 2016
Nintendo to release first iPhone Mario game on Dec. 15
Nintendo Co. will release "Super Mario Run" worldwide for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad on Dec. 15 in U.S. time zones, a highly anticipated launch that has a high bar for success after this summer's "Pokemon Go" phenomenon.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Oct 22, 2016
PlayStation adds more power to the PS4
More power to the PS4
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2016
Nintendo releases video of new game crossover product Switch
Nintendo on Thursday released the name and a video image of its yet-to-be launched video game product.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 13, 2016
Apple CEO Cook visits Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto
Tim Cook seems to be enjoying his visit to Kyoto.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Sep 24, 2016
From the latest in virtual reality to a nostalgic return to 2-D
Virtual Reality gets real
OLYMPICS
Aug 22, 2016
It's a me, Abe!
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an cameo at the Rio 2016 Olympics' closing ceremony. While his presence was not unexpected, as Tokyo will be hosting the 2020 Olympics, his unusual entrance was another matter. Naturally, the internet had something to say about it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2016
Games industry unlikely to try to clone 'Pokemon Go'
Top video game companies, caught off-guard by the runaway success of "Pokemon Go," are wrestling with how to play catch-up after the augmented reality app became a worldwide phenomenon.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2016
Iran's Pokemon paranoia isn't entirely crazy
As usual, a U.S.-based disruptor is offering an exciting technology to the rest of the world — but isn't worried about the consequences.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Aug 8, 2016
Japanese fans flock to 'Pokemon Go'
Nintendo's smartphone game 'Pokemon Go' has finally launched in Japan, the birthplace of the little virtual monsters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 6, 2016
Japan's media blast away at the 'Pokemon Go' craze
The nation's magazines have a whole lot ot say about the roaring success of Niantic's 'Pokemon Go.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2016
'Pokemon Go' launches in Rio just ahead of Olympics
The creators of "Pokemon Go" said the blockbuster mobile game has been released in Brazil just in time for the Rio Olympics, which start on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 1, 2016
'Pokemon Go' a hit 20 years after franchise debuts
"Pokemon Go," the GPS-crossover game for smartphones, has been an instant hit all over the world, particularly in Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2016
Will 'Pokemon Go' power up Japan's 'Cool Economy'?
'Pokemon Go' may be a huge success, but without major structural reforms, Japan's creative economy won't take flight.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2016
Nintendo slumps by most since 1990 on dashed 'Pokemon Go' hopes
Nintendo Co. shares plunged by the most since 1990 after the company said late Friday that the financial impact from the worldwide hit "Pokemon Go" will be limited.
EDITORIALS
Jul 25, 2016
Searching for Pikachu
What may be most significant about the 'Pokemon Go' phenomenon is what it portends for the future of online gaming.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
‘Let’s make it practical’: NATO chief eyes greater defense-industrial ties with Japan
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte plans to visit Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday — his first to the Indo-Pacific region since taking office in October, as he seeks to implement lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.

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