A blockbuster animated movie based on the popular “Demon Slayer” manga series has become the first Japanese movie to top 40 billion yen ($368 million) in box-office revenue, reaching 40.01 billion yen, its distributors said Monday. “Demon Slayer — Kimetsu No Yaiba — The Movie: Mugen Train” became the highest-grossing Japanese film on Dec. 26,…
State-run mass COVID-19 vaccination centers opened Monday in Tokyo and Osaka, as Japan seeks to accelerate its inoculation program that has lagged far behind other developed countries with just two months until the Summer Olympics. The centers, staffed by Self-Defense Forces doctors and nurses, will operate from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for three months,…
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.’s PlayStation 5 gaming console is enjoying a boom among Chinese consumers following its release in China in mid-May. In Shanghai, a new product exhibition of Sony Corp. is under way, and a large number of Chinese people packed the space and indulged in gaming experience on the next-generation console. People play…
Japan is struggling with a renewed outbreak of coronavirus, with only about 1% of the population vaccinated — renewing calls for the Olympics to be canceled. Speaking at a meeting of the coordination committee Wednesday, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said Japanese and Tokyo 2020 officials would make the right decision on managing the…
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.’s PlayStation 5 gaming console is enjoying a boom among Chinese consumers following its release in China in mid-May. In Shanghai, a new product exhibition of Sony Corp. is under way, and a large number of Chinese people packed the space and indulged in gaming experience on the next-generation console. People…
Lis Nixon from Oxfordshire told the BBC on Thursday that she was turned away at the Iberia desk at Heathrow, despite having an urgent family reason to visit Spain. Her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson live in Estella, Spain, and needed her there, she said. Title: Coronavirus: Spain to lift restrictions for the UK and Japanese…
The rainy season this year is beginning for some western and central parts of the Japanese archipelago weeks earlier than usual, recording the earliest starting date ever in some of these regions since statistics became available in 1951. According to preliminary figures released by the Meteorological Agency, the Kinki region, which includes Osaka, Hyogo and…
Manufacturers and tech players are itching to be untangled from a web of challenges fomenting a global chip shortage that have derailed their production, but those looking to be set free are in for a bit of a wait. In fact, some automakers fear they may have to live with the problem for years…
This past month, two older men have learned the hard way that saying racist things online is just as awful as saying them in public. Teenager Neo Nakane took a blogger who had posted anti-Korean sentiments on a blog to court and eventually won ¥1.3 million in damages. His lawyer said the verdict was ‘revolutionary.’…
Japanese dating app operator Net Marketing Co. said Friday personal data of 1.71 million users, including names and face photos, was likely leaked due to unauthorized access to its server. The operator of the Omiai dating app said customer information provided to the company between January 2018 and last month might have been stolen,…
