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Pokémon Go to finally launch in Japan

Pokemon game characters of Japanese video game manufacturer Nintendo are on display on a subway train car in Tokyo, Japan.
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The mobile game craze Pokémon Go is headed to Japan tomorrow, marking the first launch of the game in Asia, TechCrunch reported.

The mobile game is already available in 30 countries,including the U.S. and Canada. Japan will be the first country with official sponsored locations.

Sources told TechCrunch that McDonald's will be the first to partner with Pokémon Go and users in Japan will see more than 3,000 of the fast food restaurants become gyms.

Further Asian countries will get to experience the mobile game in upcoming weeks, TechCrunch reports.

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