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Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 4, 2023
A Tokyo esports school coaxes dropouts back to class
Parents are realizing that nontraditional schooling is better than none at all.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Mar 4, 2023
We hardly played ye: A bittersweet eulogy to E3
Once the Super Bowl of the gaming world, it’s time to remember E3 for what it once was instead of what it now unfortunately has come to be.
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BASKETBALL / NBA
Feb 21, 2023
All-Star MVP Jayson Tatum turns focus to Boston's title bid
Tatum, in his sixth NBA campaign, lifted the Celtics to the NBA Finals last season for the first time since 2010.
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Feb 15, 2023
Russia's gymnastics, wrestling federations invited to Asian Games
Recent moves by the IOC to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete has prompted calls by several countries to have them excluded from the 2024 Olympics.
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Feb 9, 2023
‘The Last of Us’ shows it pays to take gaming seriously
The TV series' critical and commercial success signals the potential rise of video game adaptations.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 7, 2023
Nintendo cuts outlook on Switch but raises salaries as Japan inflation climbs
Nintendo has sat out the rally in tech stocks this year and may remain stuck in the doldrums until it unveils a successor to its Switch game console.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Feb 6, 2023
Gaming disorder among youths surging amid smartphone use and pandemic
“Patients are having difficulties in their lives and are feeling lonely, and they turn to games to relieve such feelings,” said the director of a psychiatric hospital.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Feb 4, 2023
Hogwarts versus transgender rights, Blizzard versus Beijing
Can you truly separate the art from the artist? For many gamers, Hogwarts Legacy is their first such test.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2023
Sony slashes PlayStation VR2 headset output after pre-orders disappoint
The company halved its forecast for shipments of the PSVR2, which is set for a Feb. 22 release, this quarter to about a million units.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 31, 2023
First Nintendo theme park in U.S. highlights diversification push
The video games-maker is branching into overseas theme parks amid a push to better harness the company’s intellectual property treasure trove.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 28, 2023
Why Kyoto's 8-bit music artists call this humble cafe 'home'
It may look like any other retro arcade bar, but Cafe La Siesta means so much more to the artists who got their starts there.
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BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2023
China’s video game creators come in from the cold as crackdown eases
Beijing’s tough curbs in 2021 laid waste to the once-booming industry, shaving over half of the market value of sector leaders like Tencent Holdings and NetEase.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 8, 2023
From bees to bullets, CES tech show gives gamers the feels
The video game industry is showing off just how lifelike gaming can be made with new vests, head cushions and other simulation products.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2023
Series of burglaries target pricey Pokemon cards in Tokyo
According to sources at Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, Pokemon and other collectible cards were stolen from several stores in the Akihabara district.
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WORLD
Jan 2, 2023
War-themed video game fuels wave of Ukraine conflict misinformation
Footage from Arma 3, often marked 'live' or 'breaking news,' has been used repeatedly in recent months in fake videos about the Russian offensive.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Dec 31, 2022
Elden Ring's artful cruelty set the bar for gaming in 2022
FromSoftware's ambitious, brutal high fantasy RPG was by far the best game to come out of Japan in the last five years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 23, 2022
Stories centered on climate change slowly make inroads in massive gaming industry
Activists and governments are hoping they can encourage behavioral change among gamers through green nudges, where points are awarded for protecting the environment in consumer games
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Dec 22, 2022
Eagles lead NFL with eight players named to Pro Bowl Games
The Philadelphia Eagles had eight players selected for this season's Pro Bowl Games, which will be held in Las Vegas on Feb. 5, 2023.
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Dec 20, 2022
Miami's Tua Tagovailoa tops fan voting for NFL Pro Bowl Games
The Dolphins quarterback is among 88 players who will participate in the new event, to be hosted in Las Vegas on Feb. 5.

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