Japanese pop culture

Why Japan is a retro video game and console collectors’ paradise

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Why Japan is a retro video game and console collectors’ paradise

US tourist David Madrigal is over the moon after paying US$200 for a “vintage” console at a busy Tokyo store that is tapping into booming global demand for retro gaming equipment. “When I came into this store, I was like a kid walking into a candy shop,” says Madrigal, 23, at Super Potato in the … Read more

1980s Japan lives on in Hong Kong as ‘future funk’ music finds a home. We meet a fan of vintage pop culture who’s helped the genre thrive

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1980s Japan lives on in Hong Kong as ‘future funk’ music finds a home. We meet a fan of vintage pop culture who’s helped the genre thrive

It is the centre of a growing genre of electronic music that remixes the sights and sounds of 1980s Japan into an energetic, dance-floor-ready style called “future funk”. Law looks at a vinyl record of Sailorwave, by Macross 82-99. Photo: Jonathan Vit “Nostalgia is a really big part of the whole future funk community,” says … Read more