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In Coffee Talk Tokyo, a new visual novel game set in a near-future Tokyo populated by spirits and folkloric creatures, the player steps into the role of a barista dispensing as much advice as caffeine.

LIFE / Digital

May 23, 2026

A salaryman, a ghost and a water spirit walk into a coffee bar

By Owen Ziegler

Out May 21, visual novel Coffee Talk Tokyo trades flashy gameplay for thoughtful meditations on life in a near-future Japan.

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

By Gendel Gento

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.

Japanese content creators in China have emerged as informal “digital diplomats,” using social media to share everyday experiences amid a period of deepening tension between Tokyo and Beijing.

LIFE / Digital / Longform

May 11, 2026

How Japanese influencers in China are bridging a growing divide

By Mike Fu

Japanese creators in China show daily life to audiences in both countries amid rising tensions and mutual suspicion.

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

By Gendel Gento

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

Johnny Somali received a prison sentence of six months with 20 days detention after repeated acts of disturbing the public in South Korea.

LIFE / Digital

Apr 15, 2026

‘Nuisance streamer’ Johnny Somali sentenced to six months in prison

By Patrick St. Michel

The 25-year-old American influencer received a prison sentence from a South Korean court for repeated acts of disturbing the public.

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.

By Gendel Gento

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.

Resident Evil Requiem is a fantastic marriage of the long-running franchise's disparate halves marred (only in Japan) by the realities of censorship.

LIFE / Digital

Mar 21, 2026

Why Resident Evil Requiem bleeds less in Japan

By Owen Ziegler

The latest game in the long-running horror franchise is a blend of action and terror that suffers only from its approach to blood and gore.

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

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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