Aug 05, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Yoshinoya gets into fancy fish, but is the cheap beef king reaching too far? [Taste test] Japan’s biggest beef bowl chain is now serving up simmered kinmedai. When people think of Yoshinoya, they think of beef, and not just any beef, but cheap beef. That’s not to say Yoshinoya’s beef bo...
Aug 04, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Pokémon Center Online designates first Pokémon items that will require Japanese ID card to buy Fans will need to be residents of Japan in order to buy these items from the Pokémon Center Online. Scalping is becoming an increasingly large problem for the Pokémon franchise, and the latest move...
Aug 04, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Toyota Museum’s international retro vehicle parade returns to Aichi this autumn Cruise over to Moricoro Park for 120 vintage cars or apply and show off your own pre-1997 classic. The Toyota Motor Corporation is a household name in much of the world for being the largest automo...
Aug 04, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Tokyo’s Haneda Airport airlines announce stricter luggage check-in deadline for domestic flights JAL and ANA among carriers to start requiring earlier baggage check-in very soon. The convenience of using Haneda Airport isn’t just its close proximity to downtown Tokyo, it’s also how easy the st...
Aug 04, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Sanrio characters join forces with your favorite Japanese snack mascots as prizes at Family Mart The convenience store chain offers the summer’s most kawaii collab by bringing 26 characters from different worlds together. Major Japanese convenience store chain Family Mart is celebrating its 45...
Aug 04, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Coco’s Japan is very confident in their chilled ramen, but should they be? [Taste test] Premium-priced hiyashu chuka comes to the American coffee shop’s Japanese branches. With the summer heat hitting Japan in full force, it’s time to look for ways to stay cool however you can, even w...
Aug 04, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Is covering your entire upper body with cooling strips enough to fend off Japan’s summer heat? Mr. Sato thinks it might be, and when was the last time he had an idea that didn’t pan out? “All right everybody, patch me up!” As loyal readers know, some very strange things can happen at SoraNew...
Aug 03, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Pokémon comes to McDonald’s Japan for new Happy Meals toys, brings every generation’s starters You can’t celebrate 30 years of Pokémon without 30 years of starters, plus a few more Pocket Monster all-stars. The Pokémon franchise is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and the latest p...
Aug 03, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Sweet dreams are made of cheese at this all-you-can-eat cheese and doria restaurant Our stomachs are more than pleased after eating all of the cheese. Cheese can be a somewhat difficult product to find in Japan. Supermarkets generally stock only a few standard varieties, and anyth...
Aug 03, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japan’s favorite popsicles add multilingual packaging to better connect with foreign tourists Garigari-kun wants to make friends with/be eaten by people from all over the world. Garigari-kun is Japan’s favorite popsicle brand, and like a lot of sweets in Japan, part of that popularity comes...
Aug 03, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japan’s Super Volunteer, 86-year-old Haruo Obata, heads to the Kumamoto earthquake site Your friendly neighborhood Super Volunteer. On 28 July, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture, just outside of Kumamoto City. Having taken years to recover from a set of comparable ...
Aug 03, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- 7-Eleven Japan rethinks convenience store sandwiches with a wild new choc-mint variety Convenience store chain tests our limits by turning the divisive flavour into a cream sandwich. In recent years, choc mint has become synonymous with summer in Japan, as the menthol component is be...
Aug 03, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese popsicle experiment says eating one before going outside in summer helps keep you cool Maker of Garigari-kun explores whether one of Japan’s favorite frozen treats can work as a pre-cooling agent. There’s an old adage that says the best time to fix your roof is when the sun is shinin...
Aug 02, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- We tried Starbucks Japan’s new coffee for people who don’t drink coffee Does the new “Clear Coffee” have what it takes to bring a non-coffee drinker into the fold? For many coffee drinkers, a cup of joe is a daily ritual – skip that morning cup and something just feels...
Aug 02, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- 7-Eleven Japan adds new chocolate fruit gummies to its sweets range, but are they worth the hype? Convenience store chain has become the place to go for gummies, and fans are going wild for them. In recent years, 7-Eleven has carved out a niche for itself in the Japanese convenience store world...
Aug 02, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese vending machine sells freshly squeezed lemon juice with a futuristic light show We test the sourness of the juice but get distracted by a surprise performance. Five years ago, Japan’s vending machine scene was taken up a notch with the birth of “Feed Me Orange”, a fresh juice ...
Aug 02, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Studio Ghibli’s No Face twirls to sound of Spirited Away’s theme song in beautiful accessory box This box comes pre-loaded with something for anime fans to treasure. Usually, if you’re buying a box, it’s because you’ve got stuff you want to keep in it, right? And while the box we’re looking at...
Aug 02, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Daiso now sells stress-relief punching bags, but are they worth beating on? Is this a cheap way to beat away stress, or a case of cheaping out that’ll have us feeling even more frustrated? Pretty much every time we walk through a branch of 100 yen shop Daiso, we find somet...
Aug 01, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Air-conditioned dress shirts arrive in Japan to save working professionals from sweltering heat These dress shirts are sure to have fans. If you need business attire in Japan, Yofuku no Aoyama is pretty much always a safe choice. They may not have the trendiest fashions from brand-name design...
Aug 01, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Koei Tecmo continues to be an investment firm that also happens to make video games I’ve yet to see Berkshire Hathaway’s psychological horror game. I’ve long been a fan of games by Koei Tecmo, whether it’s their individual classics like Koei’s Dynasty Warriors or Tecmo’s Ninja Gai...
