Japan News News Japan » Events: Why Are Nintendo Games Suddenly 'Off Limits' to Japan's Biggest Charity Speedrunning Event?
RTA in Japan, a well-established charity speedrunning contest, has removed Nintendo games from its upcoming Summer 2025 event, despite showcasing them for the past nine years. This is because they ...
News Japan » Events: No, Nintendo Did Not Ban Their Games From A Japanese Speedrunning Event
RTA in Japan is a speedrunning event in Japan similar to GDQ (Games Done Quick). RTA is an acronym for Real Time Attack. Real time attacks are speedruns that don’t use tools, such as emulation ...
News Japan » Events: Dragon Quest Events in Japan Will Feature DQ3 HD-2D Remake
Square Enix—the video game series publisher—will hold the Dragon Quest Carnival in Minatomirai, Yokohama from July 20, 2024, until August 18, 2024. The company will set up a special exhibit to ...
News Japan » Events: China halts Japanese cultural events after tensions rise over Taiwan remarks
Japan's "Empress of Pop" Ayumi Hamasaki stood alone on a brightly lit stage in Shanghai, her voice echoing through a stadium filled with empty seats. Hours before showtime, she was informed that her ...
News Japan » Events: Japanese charity event forced to pull titles published by Nintendo
Speedrunning charity event RTA in Japan has confirmed Nintendo issued a direct notice banning it from using titles owned by the publisher. In an announcement published yesterday (translated by ...
News Japan » Events: The Standout Events of MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN WEEK
From a Hip-Hop Showcase to an Eiichi Ohtaki Tribute, see all the events in Tokyo that tap into the deep history of Japanese music. By Billboard Staff With the international honors of MUSIC AWARDS ...