Akihabara, Japan, is famous for its streets filled with colorful animation ads and bustling shopping centers, hence its nickname Electric Town. The district near central Tokyo is a welcoming ...

So what is Akihabara? On a map, it's a neighborhood on the east side of Tokyo, a couple of stops north of the main Tokyo Station. The signs at the Japan Rail train station call it the "Electric Town," ...

TOKYO, Japan — While millions of people come to Tokyo for the rich history and traditional sites, other people like James Kaplan come for other things. "Superheroes, actions, comedy, that sort of deal ...

VR Zone is just one of many arcades in Japan but it has recently also become the home of the first virtual reality Mario Kart game. Gamers all across the globe are hoping to see Mario Kart VR come to ...

Akihabara, a neighborhood in eastern Tokyo best known as a gadget mecca, has become the epicenter of geek pop culture, where otaku (geeks) shop for Japanese animation paraphernalia and frequent cafes ...

Tokyo’s Akihabara, known for its anime, manga and game-related stores and plethora of tiny electronics shops, has been undergoing big changes in the last few years. Many of the smaller, niche shops ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business of fandom. Akihabara is an area in Tokyo that earned the nickname “Electric Town” after World War II, ...

With the PlayStation 5 launch day November 12 just hours away here in Japan, Sony is celebrating its next-gen console launch in a modest way due to COVID-19. No long lines, launch events, or console ...

In the jumble of Tokyo’s district names, two are so similar that one is often confused for the other: Asakusa and Akihabara are separated by just three subway stops on the Ginza line. But nowhere in ...