Japanese Hakone marquetry

Japan's dagashi industry–inexpensive candy for kids and nostalgic grown-ups–is flagging under the same economic trends that hit mom-and-pop sweet shops in the west: giant supermarkets, online delivery, the rest of… READ THE REST

Last week, both the New York Times and The Guardian ran articles about a crisis unfolding in Japan. Giant kaiju? Super robots? Marie Kondo giving up on tidying? Yawn! Old… READ THE REST

The Japanese developers of Fighting Baseball (1995) didn't want to pay for licensing the real names of professional American baseball players so they made up a bunch of names that… READ THE REST

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