Apr 10, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Howl’s Moving Castle’s scene-stealing dog is here to clean your home as a plushie mop Your home is your castle, and Studio Ghibli’s Heen will make it a clean one to boot. Ordinarily, it’d be hard for something as mundane as a dog to leave much of an impression on audiences in a movi...
Apr 10, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Krispy Kreme Japan giving free donuts with morning drink purchases at all branches, maybe forever This isn’t a limited-time offer – the free morning donut service has no specified end date! Usually when you hear someone say “The best things in life are free,” they’re talking about love, friends...
Apr 10, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- 30 Pikachus want to share a Tokyo hotel room with you that has separate Grass, Water, Fire spaces Grand Hyatt Tokyo celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise with one Pikachu for every year. The Grand Hyatt Tokyo welcomes visitors from around the world every day, but summer is wh...
Apr 10, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese politician arrested on charges of accepting bribes to reduce number of monkeys in park Investigators say city councilman was involved in monkey business. According to the Shimane Prefectural Police, on a June night in 2024, Kiyoshi Inata ventured out of his home in the town of Yonago...
Apr 09, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Mt. Fuji decorated with a 500,000-flower pink carpet is Japan’s ultimate spring view With mirrors, art installations, and a Peter Rabbit garden, this festival is the perfect day trip from Tokyo. There are always times when you might look at a photo of Japan and think, “Surely it ca...
Apr 09, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- New Travelling Bento pouches turn your luggage into a Japanese lunch box Make your next journey delicious and Instgrammable. Packing for a trip can be a stressful experience, but now it’s something you’ll look forward to, thanks to a new series of travel pouches from Ja...
Apr 09, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- McDonald’s and Gundam team up for customized anime mecha and fried chicken sandwiches[Video] Char’s invasion of Side 7 looks a little different in this continuity. McDonald’s is the world’s biggest burger chain, so if they’re going to do a collaboration, they’re going to team up with partn...
Apr 09, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Does a long line mean a sweeter deal? We compare two sweets from a Hokkaido food fair【Taste test】 We try to find out whether waiting in a longer line equates to a more delicious sweet through a blind office taste test. The other day, our Japanese-language writer Yuichiro Wasai paid a visit to t...
Apr 09, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Family Mart unveils new Japanese bread that elevates convenience store food to mocchiri levels Japan’s trend for soft, chewy bread just got even more intense. Family Mart has built up a big fanbase with its popular “Famimaru Bakery” line of baked goods, and this month, there are three new ad...
Apr 09, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Häagen-Dazs releases new Green Tea sandwich in Japan for a limited time We find out if this ice cream has what it takes to make matcha lovers swoon. Häagen-Dazs loves to cater to local tastes in Japan, and its latest release does just that, with a new Crispy Sandwich f...
Apr 08, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Schoolkids learn life skills through shopping field trips at street markets in Kochi Prefecture The unexpectedly cutest part of shopping at Kochi’s Thursday Market was seeing some fellow shoppers of the very small variety in action. Kochi City, the capital of Kochi Prefecture, has a local cu...
Apr 08, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese manhole lid raises eyebrows with fertility god symbol that looks like… well, you know Festival of the Steel Phallus deity gets a steel lid in a rural city. For all its staid traditions and formal etiquette, Japanese culture can be surprisingly uninhibited in ways that can leave vis...
Apr 08, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Foreign man arrested for walking on Shinkansen tracks, claims he was on the run from yakuza If you’re going to do something like this, you need a very good, or at least a very crazy, reason for doing it. Japan’s trains are very punctual, but that doesn’t mean they have a perfect on-time r...
Apr 08, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Man bites woman at cherry blossom park in Japan, dies shortly after Senior citizen passes away shortly after being arrested and taken to hospital by police. With cherry blossom season winding down, last Sunday many people were out at Suimeidai Edohigan no Mori, a p...
Apr 08, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- New 7-Eleven sandwich goes viral in Japan, but is it everything it’s cracked up to be? We find out if this “Greedy Sandwich” with cherry blossom bread tastes as good as it looks. Japanese convenience stores have become famous around the globe for all the great things you can find in ...
Apr 08, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- How to take your home ramen to the next level by making your own chashu pork in a frying pan If you’ve got a frying pan and some aluminum foil, this kurukuru chashu recipe is ready to revolutionize your home cooking. Whether you’re someone who likes cooking for yourself, don’t have any goo...
Apr 07, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Deer that appeared in downtown Osaka gets a new home, a new name, and a lot of snacks[Video] Likely wanderer from Nara Park won’t be going back, but has a new place to live in a hot spring town. Both the business and academic year start in spring in Japan, so right now is what’s known as t...
Apr 07, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Famous koi ponds overwhelmed with tourists throwing thousands of coins in them Koi and coins don’t mix. Oshino Hakkai is an idyllic spot nestled in the Fuji Five Lakes region of Yamanashi Prefecture. Traditional thatched-roof buildings are scattered among eight pristine sprin...
Apr 07, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Peanuts and Coke becomes a viral hit in Japan, but is it a trend worth joining? “Farmer’s Coke” is having a moment in Japan, and surprising people in the U.S. Things are changing rapidly in the online sphere these days, especially on Twitter, where posts and comments in the ti...
Apr 07, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- McDonald’s Japan adds new Hello Kitty and Pompompurin drinks to the menu for a limited time Sanrio characters add sweetness to first-ever McDonald’s smoothie and frappe collaboration, complete with a Japanese idol commercial. As Japan’s hardest working feline, Hello Kitty’s work is never...
