Toshihiro Nagoshi, the creator of the Yakuza series, recently appeared in a new Famitsu magazine article and was referred to simply as a game creator with no mention of Nagoshi Studio. This comes after reports that NetEase had stopped funding the studio. The project reportedly needed a lot more cash to get finished. The team was said to be looking for another $44 million to keep development going. Since then, the studio has gone quiet. It has stopped posting online, its website has gone offline, and there is still no word on what is happening with Gang of Dragon.

Japanese journalist Toshihiro Yoshida, a long-time observer and critic of Japan's military expansion and deepening military integration with the United States, warned Sunday that the Japan-US alliance has steadily hollowed out Japan's pacifist constitution, while the government has continued to pursue military expansion instead of reversing the trend, raising the risk that the country could once again become a wartime aggressor. #Japan#

Met with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on the sidelines of the @NATO Summit in Ankara. NATO's vital cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners strengthens global security and the cooperation between our three nations advances the safety, security, and prosperity of all of our nations.