'Pokémon GO' Is Gearing up to Launch in Japan on July 20 After Some Limitations

Pikachu and the pocket monster squad were born in the Land of the Rising Sun, but folks in Japan have been wide-eyed with envy due to the fact that the rest of the world are already knee-deep in the hoopla with July 19 marking two weeks since Pokémon GO launched in Australia and New Zealand. The reason? This past Monday, Niantic Labs CEO John Hanke told Kotaku that "the server capacity in Japan is not powerful enough" to handle an official rollout in the country. However, according to TechCrunc...