SoraNews24 —Japan News—

Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.

RocketNews24 Japanese

Featured

Weird
Studio Ghibli
Jobs

Japan (Page 874)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Pistachio Christmas Tree Frappuccino drinks for the holiday season

Oona McGee
Nov 29, 2018
Tweet

New hot and cold beverages come complete with a gold star so you can create your very own drinkable Christmas tree.

Japan
(Christmas • dessert drinks • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • pistachio • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Classic anime “Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel” gets 35th anniversary revival in spin-off manga

Kay
Nov 29, 2018

The story of Creamy Mami, the magical girl who captured anime fans’ hearts 35 years ago, is returning in the form of a spin-off online manga!

Japan
(anime • Creamy Mami • Magical girl • manga)

Japan’s new eight-headed dragon license plates might be the coolest in the entire world【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2018

The Yamata no Orochi is ready to leap out of the annals of mythology and onto your car.

Japan
(cars • cool • culture • dragons • driving • history • Izumo • license plates • shinto • Yamata no orochi)

Beautiful shamisen featuring original illustration by Final Fantasy designer now on sale

Dale Roll
Nov 29, 2018

With its original design of a red-clad female ninja, this shamisen is set to become the collector’s item of the year.

Japan
(art • beautiful • illustration • Japanese music • shamisen • traditional Japanese arts • Yoshitaka Amano)

Japanese artist shows amazing way to color illustrations: Let the fall leaves do it for you【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2018

Breathtakingly beautiful artwork combines illustration, photography, and the Japanese art of kirie.

Japan
(art • autumn leaves • beautiful • fall leaves • illustration • kimono • kirie • photography)

Japanese company uses real futons as advertising posters on Tokyo trains

Oona McGee
Nov 29, 2018

Passengers are going crazy for the mini futons, saying they wish they could snuggle up to them on their daily commute.

Japan
(ads • advertisements • futons • Japanese trains • marketing • Nishikawa • trains)

Adult PreCure fans learn anime game for little girls can be emotionally devastating for grown-ups

Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2018

Dialogue in new Nintendo Switch video game is just fine for little kids, but “a form of harassment” for older fans.

Japan
(anime • funny • magical girls • nintendo switch • otaku • PreCure • Pretty Cure • society • video games)

Fashion brand ZOZOTOWN teams up with Pokémon to make hoodies, T-shirts featuring first games’ art

Dale Roll
Nov 29, 2018

Fans of Pokémon’s original Red and Blue (or Green) games, this is for you!

Japan
(Anime Fashion • fashion • Pokemon • Pokémon fashion • video game fashion • ZOZOTOWN)

Netflix announces it’s making a new Cowboy Bebop live-action series, fans recoil in horror

Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2018

Streaming giant’s U.S.-produced remake of the anime classic is seen be many as trying to improve on perfection.

Japan, USA
(anime • Cowboy Bebop • Live action • Netflix • Shinichiro Watanabe)

New Japanese furisode kimono sweaters combine traditional fashion with modern streetwear

Oona McGee
Nov 28, 2018

The comfiest Japanese kimono you’ll ever wear.

Japan
(campfire • crowdfunding • fashion • Japanese fashion • Japanese kimono • kimono • loungewear • Mocolle • roomwear • sweaters)

This is what a million yen of lottery tickets looks like, and a secret that’ll make us rich【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2018

Trust us, this won’t end like our other get-rich-quick-schemes, because this time we’ve got supernatural powers on our side!

Japan
(COK • crazy • funny • Go Hatori • lottery • lottery tickets • SNOJ • weird)

Mr. Sato meets with a fan from Peru, shares his origin story and dreams of South American fame

Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2018

A visitor from the other side of the world wanted to know how Mr. Sato became the man he is today.

Japan
(COK • Godzilla statue • Mr. Sato • Mr. Sato's foreign friends • SNOJ)

Mickey Mouse kisses a Japanese fan for so long she falls backwards【Video】

Katy Kelly
Nov 28, 2018

Mickey Mouse was caught on camera giving a die-hard Disney fan such an intense smooch that she toppled backwards!

Japan
(cute • Disney • funny • kissing • Mickey Mouse • Tokyo Disney Land)

Popular Japanese store Loft reveals their top 12 most popular items sold in 2018【Pictures】

Koh Ruide
Nov 28, 2018

From reusable titanium straws to a marker pen that opens boxes, this list is a fantastic source of Christmas gift ideas for your loved ones.

Japan
(convenient • cool • cool products • Japan • Loft • novelty goods • useful)

Great balls of octopus and rice! It’s the Takoyaki Onigiri

Master Blaster
Nov 28, 2018

Lawson convenience stores took two staples of Japanese cuisine and smashed them together for our pleasure.

Japan
(convenience stores • food • Lawson • onigiri • Osaka • snacks • takoyaki)

Japanese government worker fired for lying about having LESS education than he really does

Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2018

College graduate said he only graduated from high school, loses job he held for 38 years.

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • education • fraud • high school • Kobe • weird)

Talking anime girl calendars let you stare at and listen to your live-in 2-D girlfriend

Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2018

Popular voice actresses lend their talents to create an aural fantasy otaku can enjoy every day.

Japan
(anime • calendars • cool • interior • otaku • voice actresses • weird)

64-year-old man arrested for stealing a roll of toilet paper from hospital toilet

Oona McGee
Nov 27, 2018

Japanese authorities take a hardline approach to taking something that isn’t yours, no matter how insignificant it might seem.

Japan
(arrests • Japanese Police • news • Oki Islands • police • Shimane • stealing • theft • toilet paper • Toilets)

Evangelion returns to legal English-language distribution with Netflix streaming deal【Video】

Casey Baseel
Nov 27, 2018

Get in the damn streaming service, Shinji.

Japan, USA
(anime • Evangelion • Hideaki Anno • Netflix • video)

Coming of Age Day costumer turns our 40-year-old reporter into a glammed up, garish Yankee【Pics】

Katy Kelly
Nov 27, 2018

For the first time, our dedicated reporter on Kitakyushu’s most pompadour-packed procession gets to dress just like one of the revelers in question.
Read More