Book 1: Power up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life: Chris Kohler 2005

Book 2: Japanese Video Game Obscurities: Kurt Katala 

Article 1: Taking a closer look at video game history in Japan https://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/125374.php#:~:text=The%20first%20video%20games%20to,Kong%20in%20the%20same%20year

Article 2: How Japan Changed Video Games forever :https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/12/asia/future-japan-videogame-landmarks/index.html