Japanese arcades not only hang on, but keep getting new games. Here’s why. Arcade game makers own arcades. Some of the biggest corporate arcades in Japan are from Sega, Namco, Taito, and Capcom.

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A row of arcade video games at a GiGo amusement arcade, operated by Genda Inc., in the Akihabara district of Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.

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Where would Japan’s arcades be without the rows and rows of crane games that Sega’s influential machine helped popularize?

The arcade I visited in Japan was Taito Station Osaka-nipponbashi. While Taito is an arcade brand that feels dead in the United States nowadays, several arcades bearing the Space Invaders creator ...

Claw Zone, which claims to be Kentucky's first Japanese-style claw machine arcade, is slated to open in early spring, business owner Jack Zheng said. The arcade will be located at 5629 Outer Loop ...

Round 1 Bowling & Arcade is getting ready to open its second location in metro Phoenix. The popular Japanese arcade and entertainment attraction, which goes by "Round1," has leased a 65,000-square ...

Visiting Japan without stopping at a game center is like flying to Rome and forgetting to eat pasta. Unlike America, where arcades peaked with that scene in Terminator 2 in which a grown man stiff ...