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A “soft” state of emergency has been declared in Tokyo and three surrounding districts as authorities tackle rising Covid-19 cases.

virtual flyover of the upcoming Super Nintendo World has been released on the Super Nintendo website ahead of the park’s opening.The theme park, which will be a world within Universal Studios Japan, is due to open on February 4, having been pushed back from 2020 due to the pandemic.For visitors who can’t wait that long or won’t be able to travel, the virtual tour will let you experience the park for yourself.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentAs anticipated, the Japanese government on Thursday declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and the three neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa for a period of one month starting on Jan. 8.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has reportedly ceased production of most PS4 models in Japan, including the PS4 Pro.This is according to a new Game Watch report, which claims that the only PS4 model that will remain in production is the Jet Black 500GB PS4 Slim.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentAnticipating that the Japanese government may again call for movie theaters to temporarily close in Greater Tokyo due to an upsurge of coronavirus cases, Toho Cinemas and other leading exhibitors are halting sales of advance tickets for cinemas in the areas.

Nintendo has acquired Next Level Games, the studio behind Luigi’s Mansion 3.The deal, which was made at an undisclosed amount, is set to be completed on March 1.

Nintendo has revealed the first Super Smash Bros Ultimate event of 2021 will kick off on January 1.The game frequently runs weekly events to give players themed bonuses, and this news confirms Nintendo will continue them next year. The first event is a star based tournament, to be called “The Star Tournament That Sparkles The Galaxy” in Japan.

Hayao Miyazaki's nearly two-decade reign atop Japan's all-time box office rankings has come to an end. Runaway anime blockbuster Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train became Japan's biggest box-office hit of all time over the weekend, pushing Miyazaki's beloved classic Spirited Away (2001) into second place.

Refresh for latest…: There was a bit more varied action at the international box office this weekend, including the continued rollout of Warner Bros/DC’s Wonder Woman 1984, a sizable start for China’s Shock Wave 2, the debut of Disney/Pixar’s Soul, The Croods: A New Age nearing $100M global, and a brand new milestone for Japan’s Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train which, according to estimates, has overtaken Spirited Away to become the highest-grossing film ever in the market.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNetflix has announced the greenlight of a second series for Japanese thriller series “Alice in Borderland” barely two weeks after its online debut. The show is a live-action adaptation of a popular manga.The eight-episode sci-fi fantasy is the story of a dissatisfied unemployed man (played by Yamazaki Kento) who follows a mysterious light source and finds that, but for himself and two friends, the population of Tokyo has seemingly disappeared.

Polygon, which noted that funding for video games “sprung back to life after years of anaemic growth”. In the four years prior, funding in the category had hovered around the US$17million range, dipping in 2018 with only US$15.8million.Luke Crane, Kickstarter’s vice president of community, has attributed the growth to continued outreach to Japanese creators.

Rebecca Davis editorUniversal Music Japan has appointed Rui Suzuki as its Tokyo-based chief financial officer starting on Jan.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKaouther Ben Hania’s “The Man Who Sold His Skin” has been sold by Paris-based Bac Films International to further territories. The movie will represent Tunisia in the Oscar race for best international feature film.“The Man Who Sold His Skin” world premiered at Venice, where it won the best actor award for Yahya Mahayni.

It was a frozen Christmas Day in 1949, in the elastic aftermath of World War II, when a dozen U.S. soldiers with the 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds" accompanied a Red Cross representative to the Holy Family orphanage, tucked into the snowy streets in Osaka, Japan.

It’s not going to end well for Japan’s “Twitter killer.”

Warner Bros/DC’s Wonder Woman 1984 begins offshore rollout today in such markets as Indonesia, Portugal and the UK — though on a very limited basis in the latter where London cinemas have been re-shuterred as the capital moves into a Tier 3 Covid lockdown.

Super Mario manga is available in English for the first time, going on sale in North America.The English language edition is an anthology collection, made up of the best stories which have been regularly printed in Japanese since the 1990s.

As the title suggests, the documentary “Queer Japan” is big and broad, not focused.