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Tall stylised golden Japan Game Awards trophy illustration.

Japan Game Awards

The Japan Game Awards are CESA’s game-industry awards, with categories and selection rules that must be read by edition rather than as one permanent ranking.

A Nintendo Famicom console with two red-and-gold wired controllers.

Japanese Game Music

Japanese game music connects composition, sound technology and interactive play, with a further life in soundtrack releases, arrangements and concerts.

Rows of dōjin stalls and visitors inside the West Hall at Comic Market 106

Japanese Indie Games

A guide to Japan’s independent and dōjin game cultures, their home-computer roots, distribution networks, tools, festivals, and global circulation.

Nintendo Family Computer console and two red-and-gold controllers on a white background

Japanese Video Games

An overview of Japan’s video game history, from arcades and the Famicom to major platform companies, JRPGs, global franchises, and industry institutions.

Visitors walking beneath the entrance gate for Tokyo Game Show 2010

Tokyo Game Show

Tokyo Game Show is Japan’s major video-game trade fair and public convention, founded in 1996 and held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba.

Theater marquee advertising The Legend of Zelda Symphony of the Goddesses concert

The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda is Nintendo’s action-adventure series built around exploration, puzzle-solving, combat, and recurring legends of Link, Zelda, Hyrule, and the Triforce.