TOKYO -- It's been a terribly hot month here in Tokyo, and to fight the heat arcades are finding interesting ways to spread the cool air on the oftentimes cramped -- and sweaty -- game floors. I ...

While Japan has lots of excellent arcades, Tokyo is home to the country’s best. If you are visiting the city and like video games, these are the arcades you must check out. Club Sega is a solid arcade ...

My favorite place was the classic arcade on "Center Street" in Shibuya. They had all the classics - Super Mario (with variations different from the home console edition), Tetris, Bubble Bobble - so ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. This article is more than 10 years old. I am very much an arcade ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On a rainy night last week in a Tokyo arcade, a twentysomething teacher who wishes to be known as Momo saved the world ...

Arcades aren’t what they used to be, especially in the West. They’re looked upon as places for retro nostalgia, not where you’ll find some of the most interesting games available. But that’s where ...

In many places, arcades seem to have nearly, if not completely, vanished. Yet, in Japan, they continue to hang on. As The Financial Times reports in a recent piece on Japanese arcades, there were ...