Catch 'em all: Pokemon hooks kids, parents and investors
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Dressed up and ready for battle, around 10,000 Pokemon fans have descended on Yokohama in Japan this weekend, looking for fun but also collector’s item cards potentially worth serious money.Since the launch of Pokemon cards in 1996 following the hit computer game of the same name — meaning “pocket monsters” — an astounding 53 billion cards have been