Mar 19, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Peko-chan Milky Time Cafe opens in Chiba and we go to check out all of the pastries and merch It’s time to chow down on all of the pastries inspired by Fujiya’s famous brand of Milky candy and its little girl mascot, Peko-chan. Perhaps no other candy holds as special of a place in Japan’s n...
Mar 19, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki releases new artworks, still wants to make movies Four years in the making, the new Panorama Box series shows Miyazaki’s art is “evolving”. Hayao Miyazaki is known for being a brilliant illustrator and director, and part of what makes him so skill...
Mar 19, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- When will the cherry blossoms reach full bloom in Japan this year?[Forecast] Latest forecast says peak sakura season is coming very early in 2026. With this year’s first reports of the opening of cherry blossoms in Japan, sakura season is officially underway. However, that ...
Mar 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Expo 2025 mascot Myaku-Myaku to release tastefully erotic photo book Myaku-Myaku, you’re such a tease. In the Japanese entertainment business, some idols are also involved in gravure modeling. This is a style of modeling that technically isn’t adult content, but tre...
Mar 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki is still drawing…and walking in his Vans Evangelion director Hideaki Anno shares heartwarming photos of recent meeting with Miyazaki in his Tokyo atelier. If you’ve been thinking about Studio Ghibli director and co-founder Hayao Miyazaki ...
Mar 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Universal Studios’ Sailor Moon theme park attraction is finally coming to America Moon power to shine across the Pacific for the first time at Universal Studios Hollywood, One Piece and Super Mario get special events too. The original concept for Universal Studios Japan is to cr...
Mar 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese onsen egg maker from 100-yen store Daiso needs to be on your shopping list Simply add hot water and you can easily make hot spring eggs at home. Our reporter Go Hatori is addicted to hot spring eggs, or “onsen tamago” as they’re known in Japanese. While he doesn’t have th...
Mar 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Super Mario teams up with JR Kyushu for the perfect power-up steamed bun snack Kakuni pork manju in three colors with Super Mario-themed power-up item designs?! Let’s-a go! On March 12, Iwasaki Honpo, a famous Nagasaki-based manju (steamed bun) restaurant which has previously...
Mar 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- McDonald’s Japan celebrates spring with… a Strawberry Shortcake Pie?!? Limited-edition pink dessert seems unseasonal at this time of year, but all will be forgiven if it meets our high standards. Every time spring rolls around in Japan, McDonald’s releases a seasonal...
Mar 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Cherry blossoms begin blooming in Japan with record-early starts for sakura season Three cities share the status of this year’s first sakura arrivals, with a fourth joining them one day later. The moment Japan waits all year for has finally arrived, as this week multiple cities r...
Mar 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Umamusume food and drinks dash into real world at Family Mart convenience stores[Taste test] Family Mart’s lineup includes actual Hachimi Drink, collaboration also features “magic” clear files. “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse” is one of those expressions that isn’t really meant to be ta...
Mar 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese government says country needs more women’s room toilets to meet modern society’s needs Even if the number of men and women using a building are the same, the number of toilets shouldn’t be, government’s guideline drafts say. As its name suggests, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastruct...
Mar 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Starbucks Japan releases new My Fruit³ Frappuccino at only 34 stores around the country Rare, super-personalised Frappuccino gets a new look for spring. Starbucks is going fruity this spring, with the unveiling of a new limited-time drink called My Fruit³ Frappuccino Ripe White Peach...
Mar 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Eastern Japan high school graduating class’s wallets robbed during ceremony When the grads are up, the guard is down. High school graduation is a really special time in one’s life. I only vaguely remember mine… I think someone played the bagpipes at it. But there was that ...
Mar 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Pizza Hut Japan’s new ie-kei ramen pizza is here and weird, but is it tasty too? [Taste test] Yokohama-style ramen slides on top of a pizza with help from the creator of ie-kei. Here at SoraNews24, we love ramen, and we love pizza. But would we love ramen pizza? That was the question we sud...
Mar 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Major Tokyo subway line shut down by in-train mobile battery fire Device for charging on-the-go brings subway to a stop in latest mobile battery fire. The Tokyo Metro’s Hanzomon subway line is pretty handy for getting around the city. Running more or less diagona...
Mar 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Are Japanese convenience store sandwiches scamming us with their fillings? We find out if there’s any truth to the so-called “cross-section scam”. For all the high praise showered upon Japanese convenience store sandwiches by overseas tourists, local customers have been l...
Mar 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese man drives truck that’s on fire directly to fire station, drops flaming potatoes[Videos] Roasted sweet potato truck turns into mobile fireball. On the night of Match 12, the operators of the 119 emergency call center in Kumamoto City received a call about a car that was on fire. Then t...
Mar 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japan’s budget chain restaurant Saizeriya might just be the perfect first date location Why not feast like royalty while keeping your wallet, and your date, happy? The first date is an important milestone in any budding romance: your presentation, your clothes, your attitude, and your...
Mar 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- The next time you’re feeling stressed out, you could relax on a Pokémon Psyduck chair from Japan Before you erupt like Psyduck, take a seat on Psyduck. Pokémon is, at its core, an adventure series. It’s set in a world where adolescents leaving home to become drifters is seen as a positive, cha...
