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When “Unusual Apologies” Become a Trend: What Japan’s Latest Social Media Buzz Revealsoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2025
The Duck That Translated Contracts: 82% Right, 100% Wrongoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2025
How to Retire the Yasukuni Photo-Op: A Playbook That Actually Worksoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2025
Let’s talk about 丑 (chō)original ↗
17 Aug 2025
Kanji: 屍 (shi). The Corpse Came Firstoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2025
Two Memories, One History: How China and Japan Remember the War — and Research It Togetheroriginal ↗
15 Aug 2025
跳: When Feet Fly and the Future Cracks Openoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2025
Senkaku 2025: Fish, Fury, and the Geopolitics Beneath the Wavesoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
The kind of kanji that crooks a fingeroriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
A power as a currentoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
The flowing link between worldsoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
Leap higher. Think bigger. Go beyond.original ↗
13 Aug 2025
Kanji of the Day: 堤 — the dike that dares to stand straightoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
Kanji of the Day: 資 – Capital, with a Game Planoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
Kanji of the Day: 確 (sure, true, certain)original ↗
13 Aug 2025
The kanji that whispers, “Hibernate now. Bloom later.”original ↗
13 Aug 2025
Kanji of the Day: 韱 — the ninja of herbsoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
Kanji of the Day: 恩 — The Weight of Kindnessoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
A kanji like a drum standoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
Kanji of the Day: 霜 – When Rain Becomes Posh Iceoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
When “Consistency” Becomes the Villain of the Storyoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
Tokyo 2025: The Night Japan’s Political Soul Split in Twooriginal ↗
21 Jul 2025
Drumroll for 壴: The Forgotten Roadie of Japanese Kanjioriginal ↗
16 Jul 2025
Kanji of the Day: 霜 – When Rain Becomes Posh Iceoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2025
$1 Billion for Flying Taxis: Why the UAE Just Bet Big on China’s Electric Sky Revolutionoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2025
The Villages That Decide Japan: Inside the Hidden Battlegrounds of the 2025 Electionoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2025
A Sudden Turn: Why Prime Minister Ishiba Will Not Attend the NATO Summitoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2025
The Rot Spreads: How ZOO Digital Is Quietly Following Blu Digital Into the Abyssoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2025
Japan’s Lone Condemnation of Israel Wasn’t a Fluke—It Was a Strategic Statementoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2025
When ‘broad’ secretly means ‘yellow’original ↗
9 Jun 2025
The Kanji that Slaughtered a Coworiginal ↗
2 Jun 2025
天才 – Tensai – Talentoriginal ↗
29 May 2025
282,117 Words, 705 Pages, Daily Deadlines: Translating F1 25 at 300 km/horiginal ↗
28 May 2025
AI’s Not Taking Our Jobs. But If We Keep Whining About It, We Might Just Lose Our Soulsoriginal ↗
16 May 2025
“日本語で遊べるのが嬉しい”— How We Loekalized a Money Laundering Sim So Well It Got Quoted on Game*Sparkoriginal ↗
9 May 2025
The Switch 2 Lottery Broke Me (And Brought Us All Together)original ↗
8 May 2025
1.5 Million Words, 12 Years, and Zero Pit Stops: My Wild Ride Translating Real Racing 3original ↗
7 May 2025
温まる – Atatamaru – Warm uporiginal ↗
4 May 2025
The Great AI Swindle: How to Introduce Your Girlfriend as a Sex Workeroriginal ↗
30 Apr 2025
Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis: Turning Rhythm and Madness Into a Playable Internet Spiraloriginal ↗
14 Apr 2025
掛け布団 – Kakebuton – Quiltoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2025
SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered: The Prettiest Punch in the Face You’ll Ever Loveoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2025
Lineage II EVA: The Midlife Crisis MMO That Gave Up PvP, Gacha, and Shame—But Maybe Discovered Inner Peaceoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2025
SNK Put a Rave Gremlin in Fatal Fury and Gave Him Frame Advantage on the Droporiginal ↗
4 Apr 2025
Nintendo Switch 2: The Hype, The Hate, The Hilarityoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2025
Sega’s Spring Sale Is an IP Megaton Bomb (with Coupons)original ↗
2 Apr 2025
Monster Hunter: WILDS – The Meatless Revolution and Solo Play Rebornoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2025
手を出すoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2025
“The Gods Are Fake—and So Are You”: How Shinma Kari no Tsukuyomi Makes AI the Villain in Its Own Gameoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2025
“No Mifune, No Musashi”: Capcom’s New Onimusha Built Around a Dead Samurai Movie Staroriginal ↗
29 Mar 2025
Ubisoft Sells a Quarter of Its Soul to Tencent for €1.16 Billion and a Shot at Not Implodingoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2025
Exploitation Never Dies—It Just Merges: Blu Digital’s Escape Into TransPerfectoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2025
How Japan Sees Assassin’s Creed Shadows: A Game That Reached the National Dietoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2025
The Dark Side of Live Streaming: A Tragedy in Japan and My First-Hand Experienceoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2025
Niantic Sells Off Its Gaming Empire: The Great Pokémon GO Paywall Saga?original ↗
13 Mar 2025
The Cost of Speaking Out: Why Naming and Shaming Unethical Companies Mattersoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2025
Making Monsters Speak: Inside the Localization of Bloomtownoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2025
Altagram’s Brilliant Marketing Move: Promoting Piracy to Their Own Clientsoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2025
What Western Game Devs Can Learn from Mejasupi’s Shohei Ohtani Playbookoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2025
FF7 Rebirth Devs Speak to China: Exclusive PC Details Revealedoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2025
Nintendo Bans Foreign Cards as Banks Shun Adult Contentoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2025
Suddenly Japan Loves Your Game. How Come?original ↗
29 Jan 2025
Indie Dev Finds Out The Hard Way: ChatGPT Sucks As A Translatororiginal ↗
28 Jan 2025
From Samurai to “Warrior”: Did Ubisoft Just Nerf Yasuke?original ↗
27 Jan 2025
KPN: Koninklijke Puur Niksoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2025
Why Democracy Is Killing Your Game: The Case for Dictators in Developmentoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2025
From Kimono to Cowboy Hat: The Cultural Makeover of Animal Crossingoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2025
Exploitation, Cover-Ups, and Possible Subsidy Fraud: The Rotten Core of Media Localizationoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2025
Switch 2: The Internet’s Said It All, But What Do Japanese Gamers Really Think?original ↗
17 Jan 2025
How Split Fiction’s $27 Strategy Is Winning Over China’s Gamersoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2025
Powerbling Kicked Out of the National Association of Translation Agenciesoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2025
Pay Peanuts, Get Lawsuits: The Truth About $0.03 Translationsoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2025
Black Myth: Snake Year Short Film Sparks 8.20 DLC Rumorsoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2025
How a ‘Gamble’ Turned Into a 700% Win: The Japanese Love Affair with Our Adventurer Guildoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2025
Nintendo Breaks Silence: Rare Appearance Reveals Nuanced Take on Emulatorsoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2025
閂 – Kannuki – Boltoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2025
Firing Experts? Say Hello to Cultural Catastrophes Like Thisoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2025
When a Game’s Fans Buy a Billboard, You Know You’ve Made Itoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2025
Localization: Damned If You Do And Damned If You Don’toriginal ↗
8 Jan 2025
From Console to Crunchyroll: Ghost of Tsushima’s Haunting Leap to Animeoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2025
€7.23 an Hour? Your LQA Deserves Better, Devs!original ↗
6 Jan 2025
幽閉 – Yūhei – Confinementoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2025
Journey to the West… of Xbox Optimizationoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2025
The Idol Showdown of 2025: ProSeka x Ensemble Stars!! Collab Is Hereoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2025
Win Tencent Shares While Mastering Martial Arts in Moonlight Bladeoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2025
Meet Loek van Kooten: Your Localization Powerhouse for Gaming Successoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2025
From Pagodas to Perspective: Fresh Ideas for Western Game Designoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2025

2024

China Demands Respect: How Localization Missteps Can Sink Your Gameoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2024
Overwatch 2 Returns to China After a Spicy Breakuporiginal ↗
30 Dec 2024
X 本 – X hon – Measure word for long, thin objectsoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2024
Luo XiangYu: The Cat-Loving Maverick of Game Developmentoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2024
Nikke x Stellar Blade: Post-Apocalyptic Waifus, Plot Twists, and Anime Chaosoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
Waifus vs. Woke: What China and the West Teach Us About Funoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2024
Breaking News: Japan’s Gaming Industry Crowns 2024’s Bestoriginal ↗
25 Dec 2024
Translation? Nailed It. QA? They Blendered It.original ↗
24 Dec 2024
Skeletons in the Market: How Graveyard Keeper Cashed In on a Taboooriginal ↗
24 Dec 2024
Lessons for Game Devs from Japan’s Gamer Parentsoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2024
Think You’re Making Smart Decisions? Here’s Why You’re Notoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2024
From Confidential to Controversial: How Phrase is Turning Your Work into AI Freebiesoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2024
From Localize to Loekalize: Excel at Translationoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2024
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