Author: William

Red Bull Music Academy has produced a great series of documentaries about the little-known world of Japanese video game music. The series is called "Diggin' in the Carts" and so far parts 1 and 2 ...

The knives are out and accusations of racism are being bandied around again. Only this time it's not a silly corporate ad with fake noses that's to blame. The culprit this time is Japan's Ministry ...

Descendants of a figure depicted as a "villain" in the current Korean box office smash "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" are suing over the film's alleged historical inaccuracies. "The Admiral: ...

Being the season of the rice harvest, at this time of year there are lots of traditional festivals around Japan. Just this weekend (a long three-day holiday weekend) we saw several portable shrines ...

It was supposed to be Sony's big advert for the Project Morpheus HMD system at the Tokyo Game Show (public days on September 20th-21st). Instead, Sony Computer Entertainment just canceled the ...

Sega have created an interactive sandpit for kids. The Eederu Sunaba (translating literally as "Wow, appears! Sandbox") uses projectors and special non-sticky sand so that kids can have fun playing ...

In a possibly unprecedented move, the management of a Japanese idol group is suing two former members, their parental guardians, and the fans they had relationships with for ...

teamLab has got together with Gucci to create "Infinity of Flowers", an interactive digital installation at the Gucci Shinjuku store from September 13th. Visitors will be able to "touch" the ...

Was this inevitable? The fashion doll series Blythe and otaku idol character Hatsune Miku have got together. While Blythe is now licensed by Hasbro and originally American, the dolls with ...

"Toy Tokyo" is a new photography book by Manami Okazaki, a collection of 26 interviews and images. New from Kingyo Books, "Toy Tokyo" features "the work of several photographers who are either ...

It generated enough headlines when it opened and now it will surely get some more. The Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku Kabukicho launched in late 2012 on a wave of publicity, not least for its ...

People from Britain, like myself, often forget that many other countries don't have roundabouts. The idea of a circular junction with no traffic lights, where the unspoken rules of the road define ...

The fashion accessory brand Q-pot, known for its chocolate-themed products, has got together with Sharp to create a special limited edition Q-pot. Melty Chocolate TV, which it is selling exclusively ...

Japan's prison facilities have come under international criticism in recent years. Inmates often do not have heating or air-conditioning, and prisoners on death row live in near total isolation, ...

Biwako Biennale 2014 kicks off on September 13th, running until November 9th in a small city along the edge of Japan's largest lake in Shiga Prefecture. This sixth edition of the festival ...