Toshiba accepts $15 billion buyout offer from private equity group
Toshiba could soon be taken private
New Pioneer Blu-ray discs are guaranteed to last at least 100 years
Thanks to Japanese government rules
Final Fantasy 16 producer dislikes the term JRPG, considers it "discriminatory"
Should "JRPG" be retired?
China export ban for chipmaking machines extends to Netherlands and Japan
Why it matters: After USA-based manufacturers, Dutch and Japanese companies are now preparing a harsher ban on technology exports to China. The Asian country won't have access to any of the machinery needed to make high-performance microchips.
Nintendo Japan will refuse to repair or replace customers' products if they harass its employees
Want a replacement Switch? Don't post defamatory comments on social networks
Recent numbers show PC gaming doubled over three years in Japan and isn't slowing
Console supply constraints and other factors draw some Japanese users towards PC
The Callisto Protocol has been canceled in Japan over its violent content
The developer refused to make any cuts
Google Japan shows off multifunctional, five-foot-long Gboard keyboard
Insect catcher, grabber, ruler, and awkward keyboard
Over a decade after their demise, Japan's government declares "war" on floppy disks
Fax machines and CDs are also used extensively
Japan is researching an artificial gravity facility for the Moon and Mars
Low gravity environments can be harmful to the human body
Kojima Productions considering legal action after Hideo Kojima falsely linked to assassination of Shinzo Abe
News outlets and a politician thought the 4chan-created link was real
Japan increases punishment for online insults to one year in prison following reality TV star's death
Pro wrestler Hana Kimura died by suicide in 2020
Japan, US partner on 2nm chip R&D and manufacturing
Join research is expected to start this summer
Scientists create robot finger with 'slightly sweaty' living skin that can self-heal
Remember this day when the robots take over
US and Japan could cooperate on advanced chip manufacturing beyond 2 nm
Both countries want to reignite their semiconductor industries
This pocket-sized diamond wafer could store up to 25 exabytes
Or as much as 1 billion Blu-ray discs
Cyber attack halts manufacturing at more than a dozen Toyota factories in Japan
Government officials are investigating but say it is too early to blame Russia
This Japanese headrest lets you game in uncomfortable positions
Face-down gamer? On your side? No problem with this baby
Toshiba to pilot "holographic" self-check kiosks in Tokyo 7-Eleven stores
A novel solution to a common problem
GPU 'loot boxes' found on Amazon Japan, mostly selling older GPUs
Long odds at winning an Ampere or RDNA2
Japanese university loses 77TB of research data following a buggy software update
34 million files got deleted from Kyoto university's supercomputer due to a backup error
This gamer onesie features a 'Drop Seat System 6.0' for easy bathroom breaks
From the company that brought you the Gamer Bed and Gamer Mattress