Bitter Aftertaste: Japan’s Ice Cream Giants Under Fire in Landmark Price-Fixing Probe

By Investigative Desk Updated: June 18, 2026 In a rare and sweeping crackdown on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar frozen dessert industry, officials from the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) descended upon…

The Bitter Aftertaste of Progress: Exploring the Unsettling Surrealism of Sour Soda Studio

In the lexicon of modern visual culture, few pairings of words evoke such a visceral sensory conflict as "soda" and "sour." The former promises the effervescent, saccharine comfort of familiarity;…