Apr 30, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Police in Japan summoned to deal with bank intruder…who is also a deer[Video] Local residents thought a robbery was in progress when they saw police cars outside the bank, but something even more unexpected was going on. For the most part, Japan is a very safe country. Howev...
Apr 30, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Live-action Ghibli Princess Mononoke stage play tickets are now on sale Advance tickets for the latest Studio Ghibli screen-to-stage anime adaptation show up earlier than expected. For a group of artists so strongly associated with a single medium, anime films, Studio ...
Apr 30, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japan enters Golden Week vacation period, survey shows one in three plan to ride it out at home Japan’s all-for-fun spring holiday season is a little tarnished these days. Japan has three major vacation periods, but two of them come with social obligations. For both Oshogatsu (the New Year’s ...
Apr 30, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Studio Ghibli releases new anime keychains that are like miniature figurines Special collection includes the Spirited Away train that lights up at the push of a button. In Japan, keychains are hardly ever dull and boring, and right now Studio Ghibli is showing us just how g...
Apr 30, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japan’s new Pokémon jackets give you the look and powers of the Kanto starter trio Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle jackets won’t be available in stores, though. Over the years, there’s been quite a lot of Pokémon fashion for fans to wear. But while most Poké-pparel is only co...
Apr 29, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- War in Iran threatening Japan’s pudding production If you don’t end the war, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t end the war?! There are few desserts as beloved in Japan as pudding, though I always have to go throu...
Apr 29, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Tokyo store makes you to pass a quiz in order to buy Pokémon cards as part of anti-scalper policy As new shipment of Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion packs comes in, Bic Camera makes a new rule. In a perfect world, the launch of a new Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion would be a time of un...
Apr 29, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Dorayaki from 89-year-old Japanese confectionery shop is one of the best sweets hidden in Tokyo Filled with a special “phantom butter” from Calpis, you won’t find a treat like this anywhere else in Japan. If there’s one thing we love as much as the bright lights and modern convenience of Tok...
Apr 29, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- An interview with Evangelion’s composer, Shiro Sagisu Our anime-loving musician reporter sits down for a talk with an anime music legend. Two of our Japanese-language reporter Seiji Nakazawa’s favorite things in life are music and anime. So when he ch...
Apr 29, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Make-them-yourself Pokémon frappes arrive at Japanese convenience stores, can be mixed at home too Family Mart’s Pokémon Pokopia dessert drinks are supposed to be mixed in-store, but there’s an alternative. Japanese convenience store Family Mart gave us not just one, but two reasons to stop by o...
Apr 29, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Finnish design brand Iittala partners with Pokémon for a golden first collaborative tableware set The brand’s Origo line of bold-patterned tableware makes for a shockingly good partner with the world’s favorite Pokémon. Finnish design brand Iittala, originally founded as a glassware company in ...
Apr 28, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Second-generation sumo burger coming to Burger King Japan with return of Baby Body Burger New collaboration with Japan Sumo Association is even more deacdent than the last. Sumo is a cultural tradition with centuries of history of ceremony, and also a deep, complex sport with dozens of ...
Apr 28, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- This Mother’s Day, why not give the gift of a single, really expensive, never-picked mango? Get your mother the mother of all mangoes. Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and some of you might be in a bit of a panic, trying to think of the perfect present. You’re probably already give...
Apr 28, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Sanrio amusement park in Tokyo to host Psycho Game horror event this summer[Video] After Hello Kitty goes home for the day, some decidedly less cute characters will be taking over Sanrio Puroland. June is the rainy season in Japan, so if you’re going to be traveling in the Tokyo ...
Apr 28, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Final Fantasy VII’s Sephiroth finds happiness in a canned cocktail[Video] Hero-turned-villain enters the celebrity endorser stage of his character arc. Over the course of Final Fantasy VII and its associated spinoffs, Sephiroth goes on one of video gaming’s most iconic h...
Apr 28, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Nagasaki high school students collab with sweets veteran to release carrot nama dorayaki Students let a local agricultural product shine by partnering with a 215-year-old sweets maker for a new take on a classic Japanese treat. Hiyori Matsuo, Rine Yamaguchi, and Yuira Yamaguchi were st...
Apr 27, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- What are the worst things about living in the Japanese countryside?[Survey] The slow life isn’t always the easy life. There’s an undeniable appeal to the idea of living in the Japanese countryside, to the slow-life rhythm of sipping tea while sitting on the tatami reed flo...
Apr 27, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese sweets souvenirs don’t get more beautiful than this Traditional details make this a gift to remember. One of the real pleasures of travelling around Japan is buying local gourmet foods as souvenirs. Enjoying them once you’ve returned home, and remin...
Apr 27, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Brand-new Square Enix Cafe to open in Tokyo…and in Los Angeles too! Both sides of the Pacific are getting new themed cafes with attached merch shops from the video game developer of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. In October of 2016, video game developer Square Eni...
Apr 27, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- Japanese film studio Toei announces first three video games from newly created Toei Games Toei or not Toei? That is the question. Earlier this week, long-established film producer Toei, the company behind classic films such as The Street Fighter, Black Rain, Battle Royale, and Tora! Tor...
