Japan’s Mobile Game Market Is Growing and Its Studios Are Going Bankrupt at a Record Pace
Japan's mobile game market grew 8.0 percent in 2025, yet studio bankruptcies hit a record pace: 10 in seven months. Who is leaving, and what is left behind.
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Who Owns the World Cup? Why FIFA’s Plan to Sell a Stake Collapsed in Under Ten Days
FIFA announced a plan to move the commercial side of all its competitions into a new company open to outside investors. Ten days later the plan was withdrawn. What sank it, and the fight over the presidency that remains.
A One Piece Promo Card Sells Out Weekly Shonen Jump Nationwide, Exposing a Structural Flaw in Magazine Premiums
A One Piece promo card sold out Weekly Shonen Jump across Japan in a single morning. Why 500,000 extra copies were not enough, and what a 1980s sticker craze says about premiums that outgrow the product they come with.
GPT-Live Arrives as OpenAI, Google and xAI Race for the Voice Interface to AI
OpenAI introduces GPT-Live, a full-duplex voice AI that listens and speaks at once and delegates deep reasoning to a separate model. A look at the three-way race with Google and xAI over the voice interface to AI.
A World Cup Red Card, Suspended: The USMNT’s Balogun Case and FIFA’s Article 27 Precedent
Why Japan Fell Short Again: Brazil Defeat Shows the Final Margins at World Cup Level
What Japan’s 17 Strategic Sectors Reveal About Its 370 Trillion Yen Investment Roadmap
Cool Japan Fund Faces Possible Abolition: What Its Failure Really Says About Japan’s Cultural Exports
Blue Lock’s Question and Japan’s Answer: How the National Team Is Evolving Into a Side That Can Score Against Giants
Why the Latest Nintendo Direct Felt Underwhelming Despite So Many Announcements
