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On the 41st floor of the Akasaka Trust Tower, the Panoramic Tower Studio Suite at 1 Hotel Tokyo offers stunning views while keeping sight of the hotel's sustainable, down-home core.

LIFE / Travel

Jun 6, 2026

At 1 Hotel Tokyo, luxury is a zero-waste journey

Open from March, the brand's first outpost in Japan stays true to its sustainable roots.

Other Japanese role-playing game series may be more popular overseas, but in Japan, Dragon Quest still reigns supreme — even 40 years after the first game in the franchise hit shelves.

LIFE / Digital

May 27, 2026

On Dragon Quest’s 40th anniversary, ‘it’s impossible to ignore its influence’

The famous JRPG franchise that developers around the world say set the standard for the genre turns 40 on May 27.

The Spain-themed exhibition at the Tottori Sand Museum re-creates several of Antoni Gaudi’s structures, most notably the Sagrada Familia basilica.

CULTURE / Art

May 17, 2026

Spain, sculpted in sand at Tottori museum’s landmark 20th exhibition

The Tottori Sand Museum marks its 20th exhibition with towering sculptures inspired by Spain's history, art and architecture.

Despite Tokyo's outsized impact on Japan in real life, much of Forza Horizon 6's content sends players through Japan's more rural stretches than its neon-soaked cities.

LIFE / Digital

May 14, 2026

Forza Horizon 6 is all gas, no brakes in series’ first Japan pit stop

The newest entry to the arcade racing series isn't exactly subtle about portraying Japan as a playground for cars — but that's what makes it so fun.

Alongside the simplified management of a convenience store, Inkonbini asks players to help a small cast of regular shoppers with not only their shopping but problems in their personal lives.

LIFE / Digital

Apr 25, 2026

Inkonbini: Slice-of-life, cozy gaming from Japan’s convenience stores

Inkonbini developer Dima Shen says convenience stores are like "safe rooms" from video games: familiar, friendly and always there when you need them.

At his studio, Grasshopper Manufacture, offbeat developer Goichi Suda makes games he likes to play — critics be damned.

LIFE / Digital

Mar 21, 2026

For Suda51, punk in games isn’t dead. It’s reloading.

With irreverent humor, touches of Japanese culture and a clash of gameplay styles, Romeo is a Dead Man carries on Goichi Suda's trademark approach to games.

While major gaming corporations will be able to afford higher font fees, smaller companies or lone developers are faced with only one solution: time-consuming work to switch over to new systems.

LIFE / Digital

Feb 21, 2026

5,200% price hike on fonts has Japan’s indie game devs scrambling

The new pricing structure from Tokyo-based Fontworks, which is owned by U.S.-based Monotype, also includes caps on users that would incur even more fees.

A native of Washington state, Roger Dahl began contributing comics and editorial cartoons to The Japan Times in 1991.

COMMUNITY / Our Lives

Jan 26, 2026

‘Zero Gravity’ comes to an end, but Roger Dahl will keep drawing

The Japan Times’ long-tenured cartoonist has kept busy over the past decades — and has plenty more projects on the horizon.

Justin Scarpone, Sega's global head of transmedia, believes the gaming icon has all the right conditions to become a multimedia powerhouse.

LIFE / Digital

Jan 16, 2026

The American bringing a Disney flair to Sega’s nongaming push

As Sega’s global head of transmedia, Justin Scarpone sees ‘character, environments and stories’ as key to success outside gaming.

An electronic display board shows the daily movement of the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

LIFE / Lifestyle

Jan 10, 2026

Set your children up for financial success with the new NISA

Details are not yet final, but plans for the new take on the tax-advantaged investment account indicate a contribution limit of ?600,000 per year and ?6 million in total.

The 36+3 tourist train offers a unique way of traveling the full breadth of Kyushu.

LIFE / Travel

Jan 3, 2026

Seeing Kyushu slowly aboard the 36+3 tourist train

Named for the island’s status as the world’s 36th largest, the train offers a slower way to see some of the region’s rural treasures.

The Tokyo National Museum and the Dino-A-Live show have partnered for a traditional storytelling performance with animatronic dinosaurs reimagined as folklore spirits back from the dead.

CULTURE / Stage

Dec 26, 2025

A night at the museum when dinosaurs come to life

The Dino-A-Live show, made with lifelike animatronic dinosaurs, has partnered with the Tokyo National Museum for a performance steeped in traditional culture.

Despite its decidedly European setting, the Harry Potter franchise has proven surprisingly popular in Japan, a country with no direct ties to the series.

LIFE / Lifestyle

Dec 13, 2025

Why is ’Harry Potter’ so big in Japan? ‘Oshikatsu’ fandom.

The "Harry Potter" franchise has no direct ties to Japan or Japanese culture, but fans say its stories are universal.

The history of internment camps for Japanese Americans in the U.S. during World War II has been the focus of several of George Takei's projects, including the Broadway show "Allegiance" and his memoir titled “They Called Us Enemy.”

CULTURE / Books

Nov 26, 2025

George Takei brings children’s book on wartime internment to Japan

The “Star Trek” actor has written about his experience in the internment camps in the U.S. during World War II.

Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.

COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element

Nov 17, 2025

Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom

Since its founding in 1945, the club has been an important professional hub and played host to a startling array of political and cultural figures from around the world.

PokePark Kanto, the first permanent outdoor attraction in the franchise, will open Feb. 5 in the Tokyo suburb of Tama Hills.

LIFE / Travel

Nov 13, 2025

PokePark Kanto set for February opening in Tokyo suburb

Tickets for the new Pokemon-themed area of the Yomiuriland amusement park will be offered via a lottery from Nov. 21.

Among the long list of Japanese video game innovators, Tetsuya Mizuguchi stands alone for his unique approach to music, rhythm and puzzle-solving gameplay.

LIFE / Digital

Nov 11, 2025

Hearing colors and seeing sounds with Tetsuya Mizuguchi

The creator of Japan’s answer to Tetris has long been obsessed with the concept of synesthesia in games.

LIFE / Travel

Oct 31, 2025

Tokyo’s first JW Marriott brings a whole floor of mindfulness

The redeveloped Takanawa Gateway neighborhood gets the newest outpost of the hotel chain’s luxury brand.

"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.

CULTURE / Books

Oct 25, 2025

Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan

As manga and anime’s global popularity grows, international artists are getting new opportunities to enter the booming industry.

Ryu Hayabusa, the iconic ninja at the center of the Ninja Gaiden franchise, shares the spotlight with a newcomer in the latest entry to the series.

LIFE / Digital

Oct 21, 2025

Ninja Gaiden 4 revives series with kinetic carnage, clumsy platforming

Known for high-speed and occasionally punishingly difficult combat, the Ninja Gaiden series gets an update in mechanics thanks to a new developer.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Community programs and tracking systems are expanding across Japan as local governments search for ways to prevent dementia-related disappearances.

He told his wife he was ‘coming home.’ Then he disappeared.

By Alex K.T. Martin

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