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It seems like twitter is not only for real people but fictional game characters too. We are about one month away from the release of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction on the Xbox 360 and Ubisoft has created a twitter account for Sam Fisher, the...

Last night while playing Yakuza 4 [龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの], there was a scene where one of the yakuza was apologising after he had performed Yubitsume 指詰め, and I thought it would be an interesting topic for Today’s Japan photo. This great shot...

Today’s Japan photo promises to be really exciting as we explore the unique ceremony of Shuni-e 修二会, and the most famous one takes place at Todai-ji in Nara. This photo was taken off minoriの思いつくまま. In the photo you can see the torches bein...

Today I just managed to obtain my copy of Yakuza 4 [龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの], and Famitsu reports that Sega has unveiled their new “Project K”, which was a new game developed under the Yakuza franchise. A trailer was being shown at the press confer...

Kaitendo has announced preorder for sexy figure of Tamaki Kosaka based on the visual novel To Heart 2. (I think there is just way too many figures of her!!) She is scheduled for release in June 2010, and will be retailing for around 8,000 yen. Inter...

The last we heard, a third movie was produced for the 10th anniversary of the highly popular drama series TRICK. Now we are two months away from the movie premier in 8 May 2010, and TV Asahi has announced that they will be producing a 2 hour TV speci...

Alphamax has announced preorder for sexy figure of Tamaki Kosaka based on the visual novel To Heart 2 XRATED, which is the adult version of the visual novel To Heart 2. She is scheduled for release in June 2010, and will be retailing for around 7,60...

Japan has losta interesting festival that involves Japanese men running around in their loincloth. For Today’s Japan photo, we shall take a look at one of the most famous hadaka matsuri – Konomiya Hakada Matsuri 国府宮裸祭り which is usually held in...

Here’s a first look at the upcoming Medal of Honor, first-person shooter video game, which is being developed by EA Los Angeles and DICE, and is due for release on all platforms in Fall 2010. The trailer gives us a peek of the “Tier One Operatives”...

Here’s the second trailer of the upcoming arcade adaptation of BLAZBLUE CONTINUUM SHIFT that is set for release on the PS3 and Xbox 360 on 01 Jul 2010. The trailer has quite a few cut scenes and gameplay footages. Anyway, I’ve decided to purchase th...

After playing traditional Japanese games consecutively for five days, I’m sure everyone is exhausted. For Today’s Japan Photo series, we shall take a break and refresh ourselves by tasting one of Okinawa’s unique food – Sea Grapes 海ぶどう. This pho...

I had previously featured the iPhone Application Bijin Tokei [美人時計], and now the company is having a promotional tie-up with Sega’s upcoming PS3 game Yakuza 4 [龍が如く4]. As reported on Kotaku, a trio of ladies (Shizuka Saitoh, Noa Mizutani and...

Kirin is a famous brewery in Japan, so if I was quite taken aback when I saw their commercial that featured many pregnant mommies and mothers carrying their children having an afternoon gathering in the park to drink beer. Of course, at the end of t...

You might imagine that the members of AKB48 just dance and sing everyday. But behind their glamorous lives, they still have to do their schoolwork like other teenagers of the same age. In these two commercials by Try-Shiki Gakuin [トライ式高等学院],...

I never get bored of all these news about Japanese pantsu thieves. Here’s another hilarious news story about this truck driver who was arrested after he allegedly stole two pairs of women’s underwear, and when police searched his truck, they found a...

Mika-tan has uploaded a couple of preview photos of the kawaii pair of upcoming Nendoroid Plus Nanoha & Fate Plush based on the recent 『Nanoha The MOVIE 1st』. Source: GSC Blog by Mika-tan The kawaii duo will be up for preorder tomorrow and I fo...

Mika-tan continue the preview of Nendoroid Puchi Touhou Project with preview photos of Nendoroid Puchi Aya Syameimaru and Suika Ibuki. Mika-tan has also revealed the preorders information. Preorders will commence on 11 March 2010, and as expecte...

Sora Fesu [空フェス] was held last Sunday and Gigazine was there to cover the event and record down the flight of the many Flying Pantsu ornithopter. Don’t be disappointed that you were not there because here are two videos taken of the event: Sou...

IF you have problems organising your messy cables from all your gadget, then you might want to check out this really cool Star Wars AT-AT DIY Kit that is created by GeekCook. You can check out his auction page to get the DIY kit for 55 yuan (approxi...

On Saturday evening, I went out to catch the awesome anime move Summer Wars, and I’m so inspired by the movie that for Today’s Japan Photo we shall take a look at this interesting card game Hanafuda 花札. Folks who have seen Summer Wars would be fam...

Here’s a new Gatsby commercial that features a new kawaii puppet puppy together with Kimura Takuya. I love the initial scene where both of them were taking off the sunglasses together. LOL

While out shopping last week, I chance upon some interesting rice that was colored in red. I went home and googled it and found out that it was called “Sekihan” 赤飯, so for Today’s Japan Photo we shall take a look at this interesting Red Bean Rice....

The 33rd Japan Academy Awards was held yesterday at the New Takanawa Grand Prince Hotel in Tokyo. If you had been following Mamoru Hosoda’s (細田 守) twitter, then you would know that Summer Wars (サマーウォーズ) won the Best Animation Award for the...

In conjunction with the release of Rockman 10 on 9 March 2010 on the Playstation Network, Capcom is releasing some yummy Rockman Wagashi 「ロックまんじゅう」 for a limited period of time. There are two different version of packaging, one is the Roc...