It’s tough to find an appropriate analogy for the Ghibli sale; the only one that comes close is Disney's purchase of Pixar for $7.4 billion in 2006.

With China in mind, Japan will work with foreign authorities to investigate fake goods distributors. Read more at ...

Former SIE president Shuhei Yoshida blamed the closure of PlayStation's Japan Studio on market conditions, stating that the double-A market for games has disappeared.

Although there are 107 people on death row, Japan carried out no executions in 2023 for the first time in thee years. International human rights groups have repeatedly called for Japan to abolish ...

An aerial view shows firefighters at the site where a man started a fire after spraying a liquid at a three-story studio of Kyoto Animation Co. in Kyoto, western Japan, July 18, 2019. KYODO / REUTERS ...

Japan Studio was ultimately shut down in 2021 and its remaining teams spun off into other divisions, including Team Asobi which produced last year’s imaginative hit Astro Bot.

Internet sleuths have unearthed a presentation for a Japan Studio PSP game titled Stamp, which never saw the light of day.The game’s pitch and trailer was found and published online by the ...

In February 2014, the PlayStation 4 finally launched in Japan – around three months later than it did in the United States. It took a couple of years for sales to really take off here.

Studio Ghibli Film Concert Tour Final at Tokyo Dome, as the performances are being collectively called, will take place on July 16 and 17, with both concerts starting at 7 p.m. Tickets range in price ...

While you won’t see much unlicensed Ghibli merch for sale at retail shops in Japan, it’s not hard to find at anime and pop culture shops overseas, or online for that matter. The studio is saying that ...

Universal Studios Japan announced details of “NO LIMIT! Countdown 2025,” their New Year’s Eve festivities. ... Pre-Sale Period: October 1 (Tuesday) 12:00 p.m. – October 3 ...

The closure of Sony's Japan Studio "wasn't necessarily a surprise" to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who likened it to "pruning a bonsai". "That was sad," he said. "It wasn't necessarily a ...