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GAMING

Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Dec 24, 2017
Gaming is on a winning streak
The gods are back
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Nov 26, 2017
Getting your money's worth in the game world
The power of the Xbox One X
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Nov 19, 2017
Home comforts, the tech way
Wrapped up in the sound system
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jun 25, 2017
Something old, new and renewed
2-D has its advantages
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 31, 2016
Japan's professional video game sector advances to next level
The Japan eSports Association, which promotes the competitive playing of video games, is nudging the sector toward professional status.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 25, 2015
Sony's Yoshida affirms faith in indie developers
Shuhei Yoshida, the bespectacled president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, didn't attend the BitSummit independent game festival in Kyoto on July 11 simply to deliver a speech and reaffirm Sony's commitment to indie developers — he wanted to try out some games.
EDITORIALS
Jul 21, 2015
The man who revolutionized gaming
The late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata changed his industry and he changed reality, both virtual and real.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jul 18, 2015
Dust off those game cartridges for the Retro Freak; Break the ice in just six minutes; Parents can ditch the paper trail
Dust off those game cartridges for the Retro Freak
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2014
Sony group net profit up over eightfold to ¥26.81 billion in April-June
Sony Corp. said Thursday its group net profit in the April-June quarter rose more than eightfold to ¥26.81 billion, thanks to strong sales of game consoles and the yen's depreciation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2014
Gambling experts await green light
At last month's Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E) in Macau, casino and resort operators, game machine manufacturers, government officials and countless others gathered to review gaming laws and markets in countries ranging from Vietnam to China and the Philippines.
EDITORIALS
May 17, 2014
Casino gambling bad bet in Japan
Letting the gambling industry operate in Japan would be a terrible bet, as the bulk of gambling tax revenue would be offset by expenditures for treating addictions and fighting crime.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Jan 7, 2007
Yoshiharu Habu: Japan's king of the board
Yoshiharu Habu shocked the shogi (Japanese chess) world when, on Feb. 14, 1996, at the age of 25, he won his 7th title to become the only person in the history of the ancient board game to simultaneously possess all seven titles -- Meijin, Ryuo, Kio, Oza, Kisei, Oi and Osho.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jan 7, 2007
Shogi: basics of the game
The board used in shogi is a grid of nine squares by nine squares. Each player starts with 20 wedge-shaped pieces, called koma, on which the name of the piece is inscribed in kanji (Chinese characters).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Nov 5, 2006
Joi Ito: Master of multitasking
Joichi Ito, better known as Joi Ito, defies any one simple label.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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