Sony cancelled Physint in June and Xbox picked it up in September. English-language forums blamed Sony. Japanese forums argued about deadlines, budgets, and where they would even be able to play it.
Japan lost about 1.9 million dogs in twelve years, yet its pet market grew to 12.7 billion dollars in fiscal 2025. Shipment tables show dog food going from 397 to 811 yen per kilogram.
KADOKAWA is merging five anime studios, ENGI among them, into Studio One Base in November 2026. What the deal changes for overseas viewers, and what it does not.
KADOKAWA CEO Takeshi Natsuno kept his board seat on June 24 with 59.68% support, down 30.58 points, while Oasis Management's removal bid drew 26.79%. What the split vote meant, and what the next quarter showed.
Google and Microsoft park cold data on magnetic tape. Shipments dipped in 2025, then jumped 57% in the first quarter of 2026, and the business behind those cartridges belongs to a photo film company.
1 million units on day one, 10 million for the series. Capcom's own sales list has the three PS2 Onimusha games at 1.52 to 2.10 million lifetime, and the habit of borrowing movie stars' faces goes back to 2001.
Megane Fes 2026 takes over Sabae on September 19 and 20. Fukui makes 93.5% of Japan's eyeglass frames, and according to the Fukui Optical Association the town produced the world's first titanium glasses in 1983.
Mitsubishi is bringing the Pajero back after seven years with a plan for just 10,000 units. The shares moved anyway. What a nameplate is worth to a carmaker that sold 797,000 vehicles last year.
Astellas and Kyowa Kirin are the first Japanese drugmakers to sign most-favored-nation pricing deals with Washington. A September 29 tariff deadline explains the timing, and Japanese prices sit inside the U.S. formula.
The Switch 2 hit $499.99 in the US on September 1. Japan raised its price three months earlier, and Famitsu's numbers show a rush to 712,000 units in May, then 100,166 in June, with July still under April.
France announced three theme parks near Paris, €6 billion of Saudi money, and the region said one would be Dragon Ball. Toei Animation says it granted no license; Paris now says it never put that name forward.