SoraNews24 —Japan News—

27 years after the first 8-to-16-bit Nintendo video game migration, it might be time to do it all over again, so we called the company to see if they’d give us any more info.

Europe, Global, Japan, USA
(famicom • NES • NES Classic Edition • nintendo • Super Famicom • Super NES • Super NES Classic Edition • video games)

RocketNews24 is now SoraNews24!

ロケットニュース24
Apr 19, 2017

Brand-new name, same great news from Japan and Asia!

Global, Internet
(name change • RocketNews24 • SoraNews24)

Nintendo hid a secret message on the Switch’s Pro Controller

Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2017

Gamers have been searching for secrets in Nintendo games for decades, but this time there’s one waiting for them on the hardware.

Global, Japan
(awesome • cool • message • nintendo • nintendo switch • secret • video games)

Happy Pokémon Day! Pokémon GO celebrates with debut of special Party Pikachu

Casey Baseel
Feb 27, 2017

Party Pocket Monsters in the game!

Global, Internet, Japan, USA
(cute • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Day • Pokémon GO • video games)

Downloadable content announced for new Legend of Zelda game before the game’s release

Meg Murphy
Feb 21, 2017

While some are excited about the prospect, others… not so much.

Global
(Legend of Zelda • nintendo • video games)

11th annual Mister International contest crowns its most handsome winner【Photos】

Meg Murphy
Feb 17, 2017

Out of the 35 contestants, where does Japan place?

Global
(beauty contest • Handsome men • ikemen • Mister International)

Japanese Twitter seems to have no problems with Karlie Kloss’ “geisha” photo shoot

Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2017

With the controversy over the model’s Vogue photos ongoing, has anyone bothered to check on how Japan feels?

Global, Internet, Japan, USA
(controversy • culture • discrimination • geisha • Karlie Kloss • kimono • photography • racism • society • Vogue)

Publisher of some of Japan’s most popular anime suddenly restricts exports of its Blu-rays, DVDs

Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2017

If you wanted to buy those Yuri!!! on Ice Blu-rays, you might be out of luck.

Global, Japan
(anime • avex • business • Yuri!!! on Ice)

Over 80 new Pocket Monsters being added to Pokémon GO this week【Video】

Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2017

The Johto region is coming to Pokémon GO this week in the game’s biggest update yet.

Global, Internet, Japan, USA
(Johto region • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Gold and Silver • video • video games)

We try making demi-glace sauce with catsup and chocolate【RocketKitchen】

Jessica
Feb 16, 2017

Cooking a special dinner? Try this crazy kitchen hack!

Global, Japan
(chocolate • cooking • omuraisu • recipe • rice omelets • RocketKitchen)

Japan announces plans to take in 300 Syrian refugees over the next five years

Meg Murphy
Feb 4, 2017

Efforts will double the number of refugees taken in previously.

Global
(education • immigration • politics • refugees • Syria)

Chinese stuntman sets Guinness record for fastest lap on Nurburgring using only two-wheels

Master Blaster
Jan 27, 2017

It was also probably the slowest lap ever recorded on the notorious race track, but that’s understandable.

China, Europe, Global
(cars • Guinness world records • Han Yue • Nürburgring • stunt • video • world records)

Permanent residency in Japan now possible after just one year

Jessica
Jan 19, 2017

The Justice Ministry’s new rules could cut your wait by years.

Global, Japan
(foreigners in Japan • government • immigration • moving to Japan • permanent residency)

Sanrio releases new character: Aggretsuko, the white-collar red panda with anger issues

Master Blaster
Jan 14, 2017

For some people, living an idyllic life of apples and cake is hard to relate to. For those people the makers of Hello Kitty bring you Aggretsuko.

Global, Japan
(Aggretsuko • characters • funny • Hello Kitty • Sanrio • video)

Happy New Year from RocketNews24!

Casey Baseel
Jan 1, 2017

Ordinarily, Japan has no problem working itself to the bone. That’s not the case at the start of the year, though, as the nation pauses to catch its breath and charge up for the months to come by visiting relatives, leisurely reading New Year’s cards, eating osechi, and buying lucky bags.

While we at RocketNews24 like to think of ourselves as proficient multitaskers, even we’re not capable of getting much work done as we use both hands to stuff our faces with food or carry as many shopping bags as possible, and so we’ll be slowing down a bit as we take advantage of one of the few times Japan relaxes its hard-line stance against anything remotely resembling laziness. We hope you all get to do the same, regardless of where in the world you are.

Thanks for reading, and we hope to have even more great stuff for you whenever you visit our site in 2017!