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  • Executive Producer, IGN Japan / Sankei Digital Management Team, IGN
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IGN Japan Executive Producer + bizdev at Sankei Digital. IGN JAPAN エグゼクティブプロデューサー+産経デジタル事業開発担当です！ Games, music, movies, pop culture 🔥 Born 🇬🇧 Based 🇯🇵
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Gamer's World | PlayStation is Killing Discs: What Do Japanese Gamers Think?

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By Daniel Robson Verified
| JAPAN Forward
Even if you're not a gamer yourself, you've probably heard that PlayStation has announced it will stop supporting new games on discs from January 2028. The shock of this sudden statement and the uproar from fans were both so extreme, the story has made global news. But what is the reaction here in Japan? IGN Japan recently published a podcast video discussing this topic, and the comments section was lively indeed. First let's cover a little background. When I was a kid, games came on audio cassettes.
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Gamer's World |After Music Awards Japan, What Can the Music Industry Learn From Videogames?

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By Daniel Robson Verified
| JAPAN Forward
The Music Awards Japan was a glamorous event celebrating a year of hits in the Japanese music industry. (©CEIPA / MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026) Before I became a videogame journalist, I started out writing about music. And somewhere along the way, I began to specialize in interviewing Japanese musicians for Western media. I still keep one toe in that pool—but in June, I dived right into the deep end, by attending Tokyo International Music Market and the Music Awards Japan.
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‘We weren’t allowed to meet Oasis!’: Japanese punk band Otoboke Beaver on fun, feminism and famous fans

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By Daniel Robson Verified
| Inkl
‘Comedy is in our DNA’ … Otoboke Beaver on tour in Warsaw, from left, Yoyoyoshie, Accorinrin, Hirochan, and new drummer Leo. Photograph: Mayumi Hirata They say brevity is the soul of wit and few bands have as much of both as Otoboke Beaver. Playing short, sharp songs packed with equal parts ferocity and black humour, next week the Japanese quartet will play easily their biggest UK gig yet, at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium supporting Foo Fighters.
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