The Japanese are legendary shoppers, paying top prices from Honolulu to Helsinki for gifts and adornments. In Tokyo, a walk through the department stores and Pritzker Prize-winner-designed boutiques ...

In Japan, ¥100 goes about as far as a dollar. That’s how much everything costs at the store where Ichiko works in “100 Yen Love,” a Japanese indie with the soul of a 1970s American film — a project ...

Abenomics was aimed at trying to help the country avoid a deflationary spiral. A new challenge has emerged in the form of historically high rates of inflation, which may prove to be difficult for ...

Contributing writer for DualShockers, Matthew Jay is a comedy writer involved with the Philadelphia comedy scene. When he's not on stage trying to convince a room full of strangers to like him in ...

Imagine a world where video games reign supreme. Five story buildings filled with arcade cabinets, old and new, inundate the streets. Welcome to downtown Tokyo, Japan. A place where the arcades of the ...