Gamer.net has published the 2026 edition of its annual end-of-year interviews with Japanese game creators. The website interviewed 194 creators this year, several of which tease new titles and ...

Exchange will halt services in Japan on January 22. Regulatory pressure has previously forced exits from likes of Binance. Experts say Bybit may look to return to Japan via an acquisition deal. Bybit ...

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday local time, triggering a tsunami of up to 28 inches in Pacific coast communities, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency ...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has hired Crowell & Moring's former Asia IP speciality practice co-head Brian Paul Gearing as a partner, the firm announced on Tuesday, November 11. Gearing, who will ...

'Shogun' producer Eriko Miyagawa and 'Alien: Romulus' director Fede Álvarez were joined by studio production managers and Japanese industry veterans for a roundtable in Tokyo on the territory's ...

OpenAI’s Sora 2 was released amid a flurry of viral videos featuring beloved characters from franchises like Dragon Ball, Mario, and more. However, its popularity was short-lived after Japanese IP ...

Japanese trade association CODA says Sora 2’s opt-out policy may have violated copyright law. Japanese trade association CODA says Sora 2’s opt-out policy may have violated copyright law. is a news ...

OpenAI has been catching more heat for alleged copyright infringement, and now companies like Square Enix and Ghibli have put their foot down. Reading time 2 minutes The Content Overseas Distribution ...

On October 28, the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), which represents major Japanese publishers and producers, sent a written request to OpenAI. As first reported by Automaton, the ...

Tetsu Fujimura’s keynote talk The Future of Japanese Intellectual Property in Global Adaptations offered TIFFCOM attendees a convincing argument that Japanese IP is quickly becoming one of the country ...