Uh-oh. Yakuza 3 seems to be getting a bit of content cut in the West, specifically some of its mini-games. Even more specifically, the Japanese hostess bar — basically bars or clubs in Japan where ...

TOKYO -- The neon signs of Tokyo's Roppongi district advertise one bar stacked above another in the high-rise buildings. They specialize: Want your bar girls dressed like nurses? Carrying whips?

On Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lifted Tokyo's state of emergency after the rate of new coronavirus infections and deaths slowed. The state of emergency, effectively a soft lockdown, ...

TOKYO — Like a giant whodunit, the centerpiece of Japan's coronavirus strategy has been identifying clusters of infection, tracking them to their sources — and then tracing and isolating people who ...

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We love just about everything that comes from Japan: sneakers, fashion, movies, games, and women. Especially the women. Sega’s upcoming action title Yakuza 4 takes the latter to the next level.

On the plus side, Yakuza 3 is being localized, but not all of it. Sega removed hostess bars and a quiz mini-game. Strip bars are still in so the hostess bars weren’t cut due to sexual content. It ...

Case numbers are climbing fast, with virus clusters in nursing homes, schools and elsewhere. But fingers are being pointed at Japan’s so-called hostess bars. By Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida TOKYO — The ...