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Last orders? Soaring costs and declining demand take toll on Japan’s legendary izakaya

Ramen restaurants also struggling as Japan’s culinary landscape faces economic challenges and changing customer behaviour

The Guardian - UK

AM5 copper guard stops you from making a mess on your Ryzen CPU — also improves heat dissipation

Japanese PC accessory Ainex offers a copper AM5 plate guard to prevent you from messing up your PC build with too much thermal paste.

Tom’s Hardware

Christian Dior Will Rack Up the Frequent Flyer Miles as It Plans to Journey to Japan for Pre-Fall

Maria Grazia Chiuri will be taking her designs to Kyoto, more specifically the garden of Tō-ji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Two decades in the making, Satoshi Kuwata holds his first Setchu runway show in Florence

Satoshi Kuwata’s on-the-rise label Setchu, which won the LVMH Prize for Young Designers in 2023, is the culmination of a career that has seen him work for labels like Givenchy and Gareth Pugh, alongside London’s famed Savile Row

Wallpaper

For the first time, a man has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of selling an "illegally modified" Nintendo Switch

Never smart to go against Nintendo

GamesRadar

Japanese TV network to open independent probe into alleged sexual misconduct by celebrity host

Japan's Fuji Television said it will open an investigation into a high-profile sex scandal linked to one of the country's top celebrities

The Independent UK

Yamaha’s New Logo Is Super Different (Spoiler Alert: It’s Not)

Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not even gonna try to hide my bias here—I love Yamaha. Over the years, I’ve owned a number of tuning fork bikes: three MT-07s, an MT-10, a Yamaha scooter, and right now, I’m head over heels for my XSR900—a bike I ride pretty much…

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“I never get to discuss guitar in most interviews!” Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos reveals his obscure vintage gear obsessions, how Peter Green was a huge influence on his playing, and why the thrill of guitar is undeniable

The Franz Ferdinand leader rarely gets to talk guitars. He shares his love of vintage Japanese instruments, explains the process of demoing, looping and mic’ing on new album The Human Fear – and reveals why the secret to studio success is that there’s no secret

Guitar World

Japan raises probability of megaquake to over 80% in next 30 years

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast

The Independent UK

Architect Sou Fujimoto explains how the ‘idea of the forest’ is central to everything

Sou Fujimoto has been masterminding the upcoming Expo 2025 Osaka for the past five years, as the site’s design producer. To mark the 2025 Wallpaper* Design Awards, the Japanese architect talks to us about 2024, the year ahead, and materiality, nature, diversity and technological advances

Wallpaper

Japan's Only Sumo Grand Master To Retire

Sumo is facing a potential chasm at the top of the ancient sport for the first time in over 30 years after the only yokozuna, Terunofuji, announced his retirement on Friday.

International Business Times

Nintendo shares tumble as Switch 2 reveal disappoints fans

Japanese gaming company’s stock price falls as much as 7.2 percent as teaser for new console fails to impress.

Al Jazeera

More countries, including China, are grappling with shrinking and aging populations

A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging

The Independent UK

North Korea Warns Of Stronger Action Over South's Drills With US, Japan

North Korea condemned on Friday joint military drills between South Korea, Japan and the United States held this week, threatening to respond by exercising its right to self-defence "more intensively".

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Bangkok Post

Japanese scam gang boss arrested at Bangkok airport

One more Japanese man who is believed to be a former member of the yakuza has been arrested in connection with a busted call centre gang in Thailand, the Immigration Bureau said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is an early contender for 2025’s silliest game

The latest in the Like a Dragon series of Japanese crime drama is taking an improbably nautical turn – but its makers want you to know that it’s still got heart

Top News

Japanese Bank Executives Apologize And Take Pay Cuts

Employee theft of million from MUFG Bank's safe deposit boxes leads to executive pay cuts and increased security measures.

The Independent UK

Japan bank executives take pay cuts after employee is accused of stealing from safe deposit boxes

Executives at a leading Japanese bank have apologized and taken pay cuts after police arrested an employee who allegedly stole about $9 million worth of valuables from customers’ safe deposit boxes

Fortune

What is ASEAN and why are Asian countries like Japan and South Korea not part of it?

The bloc has a GDP of around $4.2 trillion and came up during a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday.

Motor1

Dead: Lexus RC and RC F

UPDATE: Lexus has confirmed the RC F Final Edition is coming to the United States, priced at $94,000, including delivery and handling fees.

The Independent UK

Japan YouTuber novelist woos global audience with visual, accessible horror

He wears a black bodysuit and a white mask, speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice and makes creepiness his signature mode of art

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