Nintendo president Satoru Iwata believes that Japan is the fastest nation in the world to adapt to new trends and technologies. Iwata has stated in the past that the Japanese, by nature, tend to get ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Unlike many of the big name individuals in the Japanese games ...

Nintendo of Japan issued a statement on Sunday confirming the death of longtime company President Satoru Iwata on Saturday. In recent years, Iwata was emphatic about interacting directly and ...

Satoru Iwata, who led Japanese video game company Nintendo Co. through years of growth with its Pokemon and Super Mario franchises, died July 11 of a bile duct tumor, the company said Monday. He was ...

The late Nintendo president spearheaded localization efforts. Late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata's involvement in the Pokemon series is widely known but it seems the franchise, which celebrates its ...

Bloody Elbow has looked back at the history of Japanese MMA to varying degrees, and included in that history has been a brief glance at Satoru Sayama and the formation of Shooto. Sayama was an ...

Japanese producer Iseki Satoru (Battle Of Wits) has boarded epic mystery fantasy Sharaku (working title), which Park Tae-choon is directing for Korea's Studio2.0. Studio 2.0 is co-financing and ...