A traditional Japanese card game has been given a new spin by an expert on midwifery as a fun way to teach students about sex and dating etiquette. Minako Saho of Osaka Prefecture University in ...

Whether you've got poker chips on the table or an empty wallet, you'll want to get in on these antique playing cards.

The new Sanrio Cinnamoroll Bicycle Playing Cards deck costs 1,980 yen (~$12.98) and is now available for purchase from the Brujula store and other retailers in Japan. Post Tag: Asia ...

The artwork is distinctive and beautiful, and now you get to enjoy it on a stylish shoe as well as in playing card form. The Puma Clyde Atmos Hanafuda are a pair of Puma’s classic basketball shoes, ...

Playing cards to plumbers: key dates for Nintendo Here are some key dates in the history of Nintendo, a video game giant that started life making playing cards: Japan's video game giant Nintendo ...

Japan's video game giant Nintendo campaign with Ruriko Harada (L) and Jun Suzuki (R) displaying the new handheld consoles GameBoy Advance at a press preview in Tokyo in 2001 Image: Yoshikazu Tsuno ...

The company began life in 1889 producing Japanese playing cards called "hanafuda" as well as Western-style ones. Nintendo launched its first home video-game machines in 1977. Related stories ...

TOKYO -- Nintendo in October will open a museum to share its over 130-year journey from a maker of traditional Japanese playing cards to an iconic vid Interactive space to open in Kyoto in October ...

The company began life in 1889 producing Japanese playing cards called "hanafuda" as well as Western-style ones. Nintendo launched its first home video-game machines in 1977.

The company began life in 1889 producing Japanese playing cards called hanafuda as well as Western-style ones. Nintendo launched its first home video game consoles in 1977.