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Sora News 24 - Weird

New Kyoto crane game cakes are poised to become the next big thing in Japan

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Store where you pay to shoplift returns to Tokyo

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Doai Station: The deepest station in Japan is also one of the scariest, like a video game dungeon

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Cold Stone permanently closing its final Tokyo branch, but why is the chain struggling in Japan?

7 days ago

The penguins at Otaru Aquarium have huge appetites and no motivation but we still love them!

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Haunted hospital near Mt Fuji re-opens after renovation at Fuji-Q Highland, and it's terrifying

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Gogatsu-byou: The 'sickness' that strikes Japan each and every May

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Shimane's hidden travel sites, where you can escape the crowds and enjoy traditional Japan

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Expensive Japanese nail clippers: Are they worth it?

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Manga predicting a major disaster this July affecting summer tourism numbers

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Great East Japan Earthquake

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The Future I Saw

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Watashi ga Mita Mirai

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Kyoto Station partially evacuated as bomb squad finds sweet but unwanted surprise

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'Flat Takoyaki' at Nanpuu reimagines Japanese street food

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Pokémon fans startled to see Eevee looking super muscular in new merch photo

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New cafe in Japan won't let you leave until you solve a mystery

18 days ago

Why did the crazy-expensive version of Japan's super-cheap corn snack sell out? We ask the artist

27 days ago

Our Japanese writers share times they were the fool in honor of April Fools Day

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Mr. Sato's mad Majima cosplay and other outfits from Mafia Day at SoraNews24HQ【Photos】

28 days ago

Want to eat ramen and sushi together? New restaurant in Tokyo makes culinary dreams come true

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Kanagawa man arrested for pouring instant noodles into train ticket machine

29 days ago

New form of luxurious poverty arrives at Japanese convenience stores with Tenkasu Gohan

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New Takoyaki Burger from Wendy's Japan makes us rethink Osaka's specialty food

30 days ago

Tokyo's Bread Eating Race to return with a whole new challenge

1 month ago

New Okonomiyaki Burger flips up the fast food scene in Japan

1 month ago

Believe it or not, this row of retro Japanese bars is actually a hotel!【Photos】

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Japanese pot sticker restaurant chain also runs flat-rate hot spring inn, but is it worth staying at?

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Japanese man who ate at same beef bowl chain for 2,000 days in a row announces he's gotten married

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Japan's new trading card game hit has pictures of real-life middle-aged men on every card【Video】

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Thinking she was giving money to Mick Jagger to invest for her, woman conned in Aomori

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Secret stairs at Tokyo Station dungeon come with a serious warning

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Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home

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How to have a 1,000-yen senbero at 7-Eleven Japan

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Sailor Moon and others teach foreign tourists Japanese etiquette in Manga Manners art series

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Nana manga artist Ai Yazawa teams up with Uniqlo for T-shirt line, brand-new illustration【Pics】

17 hours ago

Ghibli Forest Spirit towel series will delight and/or freak out visitors to your home【Photos】

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Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbour Totoro furoshiki bag for Mother's Day in Japan

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Foreign travelers' lukewarm reactions to traditional Japanese inn food causing changes in Kyoto

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A visit to the real-world Like a Dragon/Yakuza cabaret in Osaka【Photos】

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City hall in Japan now has a giant Evangelion robot statue in its lobby【Videos】

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Japan's largest indie ice cream convention returns to Tokyo this Golden Week

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Tokyo government ordered to search for biological parents of 67-year-old-man switched at birth

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Japanese gamer furniture company creates cabinets just for collectible trading card gamers【Pics】

12 days ago

Beds on a bus: Travel on Japan's first-ever full-flat overnight sleeper bus from Tokyo

11 days ago

Studio Ghibli bean bag plushies are ready to receive your love and affection

18 days ago

Studio Ghibli bean bag plushies let you bond with animals of Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky

29 days ago

Explore Japan's volcanic beauty at Hakone's latest attraction

24 days ago

Japan's official Hello Kitty Airport holds ribbon-cutting ceremony, now welcoming travelers【Pics】

15 days ago

Sleep on Totoro's belly with Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro Nap Cushion

19 days ago

Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers

8 months ago

Possessing Harry Potter's Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan

5 months ago

[Deleted] Article written for April Fool's Day 2018

8 months ago

Japan's deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year's?

3 months ago

Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces

6 months ago

Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】

11 months ago

Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game - Here's how to play it without reading Japanese

7 months ago

Nintendo history you can feel – Super NES, N64, and GameCube controllers become capsule toys

10 days ago

Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan

4 years ago

Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】

2 years ago

Japanese breakfast ramen for US$3.50 in Shinjuku is the morning meal you didn't know you needed

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