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Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station’s west side: Quite possibly best spot in Japan for Pokémon GO
- Master Blaster
Aug 30, 2018 - Tweet
We can’t say definitively that it’s the best, but 12 shiny Eevees in three hours is hard to beat.
- Japan
- (COK • Eevee • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokemon Plaza • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • SNOJ • Tokyo • video games • Yodobashi Camera)
Our reporter goes on a one-night, three-day “Extreme New Zealand Trip” over the weekend
- Krista Rogers
Jul 31, 2018
Join our Japanese-language correspondent P.K. Sanjun on his whirlwind time-warping tour of Auckland, which still got him back in time for work on Monday.
- New Zealand
- (Auckland • COK • food • New Zealand • P.K. Sanjun • Pokémon GO • SNOJ • travel)
6 reasons why Pokémon GO might make a comeback, according to P.K. Sanjun
- Dale Roll
May 18, 2018
Our Japanese-language reporter thinks the worldwide phenomenon could rise to popularity again soon.
- Japan
- (mobile games • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)
Japanese child manages to ruin Pokémon GO for his mother with one short sentence
- Richard Simmonds
May 17, 2018
One parent and Twitter user experiences the joy of catching Pikachu in Pokémon GO, but it’s all too short-lived.
- Japan
- (Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • twitter)
Elderly Japanese man goes Pokémon Go hunting at wife’s grave, offers sweet tribute to lost love
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2018
Some say the Pokémon GO craze is over, but the bond between true lovers is eternal (and in this case kind of weird).
- Japan
- (COK • funny • moving • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • romance • seniors • Snorlax • touching • video games • weird)
Pokémon GO-playing driver’s two year prison sentence for manslaughter upheld. Was it enough?
- Master Blaster
Jan 30, 2018
How heinous a crime is using a smartphone while driving?
- Japan
- (Aichi • car accident • crime • law • manslaughter • Pokémon GO)
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire species are coming to Pokémon GO this week【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 7, 2017
Thought you’d already caught ‘em all? Think again, and keep on eye on the game’s new dynamic weather gameplay system while you’re hunting.
Pokémon GO game adds Sableye, Banette, more Hoenn Pokémon
- Anime News Network
Oct 21, 2017
First third-generation Pokémon launch on Friday..
- Global, Japan, USA
- (Anime News Network • halloween • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video • video games)
Pokémon GO now doctor-approved thanks to Tokyo University study
- Richard Simmonds
Sep 8, 2017
Results of first scientific study into Pokémon GO‘s health benefits reveal game lowers stress levels.
- Japan
- (augmented reality • computer games • health • mental health • mobile games • nature • phone games • pocket monsters • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • scientific reports • smartphone games • Tokyo University • video games)
Top 20 castles to visit in Japan in 2017
- Shannon McNaught
Aug 25, 2017
Experience Japanese history through castles both intact and…not intact.
- Japan
- (castles • history • Japan sightseeing • Japanese history • Pokémon GO • travel)
Mewtwo makes long-awaited Pokémon GO debut in Yokohama fan event
- Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2017
The most sinister Pokémon of all crashes the Pikachu Outbreak festivities.
- Japan
- (Mewtwo • Pikachu • Pikachu Outbreak • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games • Yokohama)
Special Ash cap Pikachu added to Pokémon GO for game’s first-birthday celebration
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2017
It’s not like Pikachu really needed to be any cuter, but he’s gotten an adorableness upgrade anyway.
- Japan
- (anime • ash • cute • hats • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Satoshi • video games)
Pokémon Sun and Moon Meets Parkour in Real Life 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Jun 28, 2017
Pikachu runs and leaps over obstacles as he chases after Team Skull in this epic Alola Island adventure.
- Japan, USA
- (Alola • cool • hawaii • Parkour • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Sun and Moon • videos)
Pokémon GO adding team-up battles to finally deliver on one of its earliest promises
- Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2017
Almost two years after getting our hopes up, Raid Battles are set to become part of the hit mobile game.
- Global, Japan, USA
- (Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)
Sprint And Pokémon GO Want To Send You To Japan!
- Viewster
Jun 12, 2017
Sprint wants to send you and three of your friends to Yokohama for the Pikachu Outbreak Festival in August!
- USA
- (contest • Pikachu Outbreak • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Viewster)
Prosecutors Seek 3.5-Year Sentence for Russian Pokémon Go Blogger
- Anime News Network
Apr 29, 2017
Yekaterinburg court to issue verdict on May 11.
- Russia
- (Anime News Network • ANN • crime • Pokemon • Pokémon GO)
Famous suicide spot turned Pokémon GO hotspot reports zero deaths so far in 2017
- Master Blaster
Apr 3, 2017
The jagged cliffs of Tojinbo was often visited by those seeking death, now it is visited by those seeking Girafarig.
- Japan
- (Pokémon GO • suicide • Tojinbo • travel • video games)
Japanese man shows us the best thing to catch while playing Pokémon GO: Your lost cat
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2017
Long after the cat went missing, it was found while its 69-year-old owner was looking for digital wildlife.
- Japan
- (animals • cats • lost pet • moving • pets • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • touching • video games)
Top 8 weird things we think after playing video games for too long, according to Japanese gamers
- Scott Wilson
Mar 6, 2017
Wait, you mean I can’t just hold the Y button to run anymore?
- Japan
- (brains • list • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • video games)
Singaporean man dies from heart attack after finally catching a coveted Lapras in Pokémon GO
- Scott Wilson
Mar 4, 2017
Witnesses say it happened as soon as he realized he caught it.
- SE Asia
- (death • heart attack • Lapras • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Singapore)
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