Sony Japan Studio is reportedly closing its doors in a few short weeks, although Astro Bot developer Asobi Team will continue operations.
Sony shutting down Japan Studio development – Report
“Vast majority” of dev staff at Knack and Ape Escape studio let go while Astro Bot team becomes its own separate studio …
Sony reportedly restructuring Japan Studio, developer of PaRappa the Rapper, Ape Escape, and Gravity Rush
One of Sony’s oldest internal development studios, Japan Studio, is in the process of being restructured, according to a report by Video Games Chronicle. A majority of the company’s development staff …
Sony is reportedly shutting down Knack and Gravity Rush developer Japan Studio
Sony is reportedly shutting down its oldest in-house developer. According to VGC, the company hasn’t been renewing the contracts of many of the employees at Japan Studio. The developer is best known …
Japan government to end state of emergency in five prefectures at end of month: Kyodo News
The Japanese government will end a state of emergency in five prefectures west of Tokyo at the end of this month, a week earlier than scheduled, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday. Osaka, Kyoto, …
Chip shortage leads Japan automakers to post 4.5% slump in January global output
Global production at Japanese automakers including Honda Motor Co slipped 4.51% in January from last year as a widespread chip shortage forced the industry to cut production.
Helicopters, firefighters battle 2 forest fires in Japan
A forest fire broke out in a rural area north of Tokyo on Thursday, near another blaze burning for a fourth day. One man suffered burns and was hospitalized, and …
China’s ships are getting bigger and more aggressive, and Japan is scrambling to keep up
China’s massive Coast Guard and a new law expanding what it can do have worried its neighbors, maybe none of them more so than Japan.
Singapore billionaires: how did they make their fortune?
the 1-restaurant business grew into a global franchise with over 900 chain restaurants worldwide in China, Singapore, U.S., South Korea, Japan, Canada, the U.K, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and …
Malaysia’s AirAsia Group postpones fourth-quarter results to end-March
Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia Group Bhd has postponed its fourth-quarter earnings release by about a month, just as its closed Japan unit starts bankruptcy proceedings. Malaysian market regulators …