May 26, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Tokyo restaurant offers lunches for less than 1 U.S. cent…if you’re good enough at rock-paper-scissors We head to a unique restaurant for a harami bowl and a janken match. It wasn’t all that long ago that you could find lots of restaurants in Japan offering “one-coin” lunches, so called because the ...
May 26, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Government says 5.7 trillion yen of Japanese media was pirated last year, thinks AI could help Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry conducts study to estimate damage to producers of anime and other Japanese media. With Japanese entertainment media growing in popularity around the world, t...
May 26, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- What makes the Starbucks Japan chocolate terrine so popular? We find out why Japanese social media has gone crazy for this cake. Starbucks might be famous for its Frappuccinos, but fans of the chain will tell you its cakes are where it’s at. That’s what’s ha...
May 26, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japan’s real-world Pokémon hot spring’s first photos are here![Photos] Pikachu and Gyarados invite you to come by for a relaxing soak as Noto town recovers from disaster. A lot of storylines in the Pokémon anime and video games follow the journeys of Pokémon Trainers ...
May 25, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- KFC Japan’s “The American Burgers” include a pile of guilt KFC set out to recreate the image of three parts of the U.S. in sandwich form, and it looks like they hit at least one bullseye. People in Japan are well aware that KFC originated in the U.S. Seein...
May 25, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese government to allow desecration of flags on kids’ meals A victory for freedom of eats. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has been hard at work drafting a bill to criminalize desecration of the Japanese flag. It’s apparently a pressing matter, even tho...
May 25, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Two new Sailor Moon art manhole covers are coming to Usagi’s real-world Tokyo neighborhood Outer Senshi join their anime/manga magical girl sisters on the streets of Minato Ward. Sailor Moon features some pretty fantastical settings, with much of its mythos involving ancient kingdoms on ...
May 25, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Krispy Kreme releases new limited-edition fox doughnuts at only four stores in Japan Kitakitsune Milk celebrates the charm of Hokkaido with kawaii style. Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido is famous for many things, including high-quality milk, thanks to the region’s many...
May 24, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Used chopsticks upgraded from “waste” to “valuable material” by Kawasaki City thanks to ChopValue They’re very good at using chopsticks. Every day, millions of people in Japan crack open a bento or dig into a restaurant’s meal while holding a pair of chopsticks that are destined for the garbage...
May 24, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Gundam teams up with 300-year-old daruma maker for wood-carved anime mecha figures[Photos] It’s a Gun-daruma! Being a mecha anime, Gundam is very focused on the future. As a matter of fact, it’s so focused on the future that the franchise has made up multiple “Century” and “Era” names fo...
May 24, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Tokyo’s new extra-expensive ramen restaurant is dividing opinions, so we tried a bowl Crab, Claaaaab, and high prices in Asakusa. Rising prices in Japan have put ramen restaurants in a tricky position, since part of what makes the beloved noodle dish so beloved is that, traditionall...
May 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Bizarre Japanese vending machine sells “Peace and Equality” and “Angels and Demons” We find out just how devilish and angelic these 100-yen surprises are. Our reporter Natsuno Futon was strolling the streets of Oyama City in Tochigi Prefecture the other day when she came across an...
May 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japan’s instant ramen snack theme park features an athletic course even adults can enjoy Sample ramen pizza, alongside other limited-edition items to pick up, or just make your own treats. Snacks in Japan come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, from ever-feuding mushrooms and bamboo sho...
May 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Pizza Hut Japan’s drinkable curry pizza is here – Is it all we dreamed it would be?[Taste test] Too much of a good thing, or just enough? We weren’t sure if curry pizza is something that should exist. You could make the argument that the combination seems too weird to work. Alternatively, one...
May 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Man in Japan calls in bomb threat because he doesn’t want to go to his own work farewell party Whatever happened to just faking a stomach ache? In March, a restaurant in Saga City received a phone call, and when an employee answered it, the voice on the other end of the call gruffly commande...
May 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Memorial bell inside Hiroshima’s Peace Park has been silenced, but for a sweet reason Children’s Peace Monument is going to be a quieter place for a while. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is located in the center of Hiroshima City, right across the street from where the atomic bomb wa...
May 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese temple burns to the ground, fire burning inside for 1,200 years unharmed Sacred fire saved from non-sacred fire on Miyajima. Hiroshima Prefecture’s Miyajima Island, famed for the torii gate that stands in the water just off its coast, is home to one of Japan’s most beau...
May 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Pokémon Company to require Japanese government ID cards for some online Pokémon card purchases New system would prevent non-residents from buying certain items from Pokémon Center Online. Scalping is becoming an increasingly big problem for the Pokémon franchise in Japan, and we’ve been seei...
May 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Krispy Kreme Japan is bringing two special donuts to the most-forgotten big city in the country Local sweets-fan favorite serves as inspiration for one of two donuts not available anywhere else in the world. You’d think it’d be hard for a city of nearly two and a half million people to get ov...
May 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese vending machine find introduces us to a new drink you can’t get anywhere else An iconic Japanese candy, now in drinkable form. Japan is filled with vending machines, and one of the people helping to prop up the industry is our very own reporter Mr Sato. He buys at least one...
