Delighted to receive Mr. Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. Reaffirmed the vital role of the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership in advancing peace, stability and prosperity across the Indo-Pacific and beyond. @moteging

Nagoshi Studios’ official website has gone offline. The studio was founded in 2021 by Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of the Yakuza and Like a Dragon series, with backing from NetEase, Gang of Dragon, was revealed at The Game Awards in December 2025. In March, NetEase decided to stop funding the studio starting this month after learning the game would require an extra $44 million to finish. Nagoshi has sought new investors without success. The studio’s YouTube channel and trailers were also temporarily removed in April.

Nagoshi Studios, the company founded by Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, has permanently closed. The studio’s Google business listing in Tokyo’s Ebisu district now displays a “Permanently closed” notice. NetEase ended all funding after determining that the studio’s debut project, Gang of Dragon, would require an additional ¥7 billion (around $44 million) to complete. No new publisher or investor was secured. The studio’s official website is now offline, its YouTube channel has been deleted along with all trailers and related content, and there has been no official statement from Nagoshi or the company.

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Square Enix has announced a new official picture book prequel for Final Fantasy IX called Vivi and Grandpa’s Memories for the Sky. The 44-page book will be released on May 19. It was written by the original game’s event director Kazuhiko Aoki with illustrations by character designer Toshiyuki Itahana. It tells the story of young Vivi from his first meeting with Grandpa Quan after getting caught on a fishing line and learning magic, up to the events before he leaves for Alexandria, and connects to the upcoming Final Fantasy IX Magic: The Gathering set.

TDK Corporation and NHK Spring Co., Ltd. are facing a major U.S. class-action lawsuit accusing them of working together to fix prices on hard disk drive suspension assemblies for more than 10 years. These suspension assemblies are tiny mechanical arms inside traditional hard drives that hold and move the read/write heads with high precision. According to the lawsuit, the companies secretly coordinated prices, shared confidential business information, and divided customers and markets between 2003 and 2016. The lawsuit says this affected about 97% of hard drives sold worldwide during that time. The higher costs were allegedly passed on to companies such as Seagate Technology, Western Digital, and Toshiba, and eventually to consumers who bought computers, servers, and external hard drives. A U.S. federal court has approved the case to move forward as a class action for indirect purchasers in many states. Public notices were issued this week, and eligible consumers are automatically included unless they opt out by August 23, 2026. People may qualify if they bought products containing traditional hard drives during the covered years in eligible states.

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