On his first Tokyo visit, Merz agreed with Takaichi on economic security, AI and rare earth supply chains. Germany, whose fighter project with France fell apart, now eyes GCAP. Japan has not taken a position.

Pokémon Unite ends on March 23, 2027, just after Japan won the world title and Asian Games gold. Japanese fans reacted with grief, anger over monetization and worry for pros. Japan was an estimated 25% of mobile revenue.

Japan's XRISM, its main instrument still behind a jammed door, and Earth-sized radio arrays found that 3C 120's cold disk stops at about 20 gravitational radii and the jet starts inside it.

Invented at the US National Cancer Institute, photoimmunotherapy is so far approved only in Japan. Results from 17 Aomori patients and a later Phase 3 trial show what early approval gains and leaves unanswered.

Asked by SaGa creator Akitoshi Kawazu, Yasumi Matsuno sketched a Vagrant Story sequel about rescuing civilians from a sealed city. No game is in development, and he calls himself practically retired.

Shigeru Miyamoto is the first game creator chosen for Japan's Order of Culture. Manga took 30 years to get there; games took seven. His view on AI, and Eiji Aonuma's knighthood in Paris the same day.

A Fukuoka mentaiko baguette ran out of 3,000 samples in two hours at Dodger Stadium. Red bean buns, noodle rolls, pickle-filled salad bread: how did pairings like these become everyday food in Japan?

About six weeks after its finale, Science SARU has started a new Ghost in the Shell anime project, with no date, format or director yet. Japanese viewers remain split on the manga-faithful summer series.

NVIDIA named six suppliers to expand AI server capacity. Only Ibiden is Japanese, aiming to triple its Ono Plant. The cited 44 trillion yen is not theirs: it is $279 billion in supply commitments, mostly memory.