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Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says English is "a simple language," so "the flavor tends to get lost in many ways" when translating games from Japanese

The series had its ups and downs with localization

GamesRadar · Mar 10

Czechia Pitcher Who Works As an Electrician Had Coolest Moment at WBC

Ondřej Satoria went viral for striking out Japan’s Shohei Ohtani three years ago.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 10

‘Life is a Miracle,’ but learning from disasters isn’t: Lessons from Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan a year earlier, in March 2011. Yokoyama lost his home and three…

The Conversation · Mar 10

A Pale View of Hills: the legacy of atomic bombings in Japan is explored in this adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel

How much do any of us really know about who we are? This question haunts director Kei Ishikawa’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel, A Pale View of Hills (1982).

The Conversation · Mar 10

Simone Biles feared she would be 'cancelled' after Tokyo Olympics

Gymnast Simone Biles feared she would be "cancelled" after she sensationally withdrew from the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan because she needed to prioritise her mental and physical health

BANG Premier · Mar 10

Elderly innkeeper trying to revitalise her town 15 years after Fukushima disaster

The once-thriving town became deserted after the nuclear disaster

The Independent UK · Mar 10

US allies and rivals in Asia gauge fallout from war in the Middle East

North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and China are watching warily as war spreads across the Middle East

The Independent UK · Mar 10

Global Gaming Giants: An Analysis Of The World’s Largest Gambling Markets

The field of gaming and gambling has become one of the biggest industries in the world, influenced by the regulation, culture, technology, and habits of the players

inkl · Mar 10

America and Japan may join forces to manufacture displays in the US — New $13 billion fab proposed by Japan Display Inc. to counter Chinese dominance

The Japanese and American governments are considering setting up a new display factory in the U.S. that would cost $13 billion, a small part of a bigger $550 billion investment framework. This factory is being proposed by Japan Display Inc., a struggling display firm that has seen better days since…

Tom’s Hardware · Mar 9

Something will cause inflation to go up this year, but it's not oil

It's often said that the inflation of the 1970s and '80s in the U.S. and elsewhere was caused by the two oil crises of 1973-74 and 1979-80. Not so.

Fortune · Mar 9