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Guile cosplay goes with everyone for Halloween at SoraNews24 HQ [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2026
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Go home and be a family man? Nah, we have to go to work.

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• Japan
• (Capcom • cosplay • crazy • funny • Guile • halloween • Halloween costumes • Seiji Nakazawa • SN24 office Halloween • SNJO.COK • Street Fighter • video games • weird)

This Japanese sandwich mascot is filled with fiery rage, and he’s got a point [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2026

Pocket sandwich innovator is sick and tired of being called an imitation, and furious too.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • Fuji Baking • funny • Japanese pocket sandwiches • Lunch Pack • mascot characters • Mascots • pocket sandwiches • sandwichs • Snack Sandwich • video • weird • Yamazaki Baking)

This shrine in Japan invites you to hit and kick its god of poverty statue for good luck [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2026

Instead of praying to the binbogami, you’re supposed to fight him off.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • funny • god of poverty • Japan travel • Nagano • shrines • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Japan’s newest anime figure crane game prize may also be the world’s weirdest hanger [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 12, 2026

There are two reasons this figure is posed that way.

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• Japan
• (anime • Baki the Grappler • crane games • crazy • figures • funny • interior • manga • UFO catchers • weird • Yujiro Hanma)

If anyone needs us, we’ll be in the cardboard Japanese snack house we just built [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2026

A home within a home for snacking, relaxing, and more snacking.

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• Japan
• (cardboard • COK • crafts • crazy • food • funny • Natsuno Futon • snacks • SNJO • weird)

McDonald’s Japan officially changes its mascot’s name…to Ronald McDonald

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 3, 2026

Yep, that’s actually a change for McDonald’s Japan.

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• Japan
• (Donald McDonald • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Ronald McDonald • weird)

Fox spotted in Tokyo’s 23 wards, Japanese Internet wonders if it’s a shapeshifting spirit [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 19, 2026

Foxes rarely venture this close to the Tokyo city center…unless kitsune spirits are here all the time.

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • fox spirits • foxes • funny • kitsune • video)

“Lineup” begins for iPhone18 in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Sep 18, 2026

It’s more of a pointup than a lineup though.

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• Japan
• (Butch • COK • crazy • funny • iPhone • iPhone 18 • line-up • Mr. Sato • Omotesando • phones • Smartphones • SNJO • Softbank • technology • weird)

Can hanging a handy fan on your crotch keep you cool in the Tokyo summer? SN24 investigates

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2026

Mr. Sato and his crew strut through Shinjuku like cocks of the walk, but can their meat beat the heat?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • experiment • fans • funny • handy fans • hot • Mr. Sato • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • weird • Yoshio)

Japan’s middle-aged fairy man character stole our reporter’s heart in a hot spring town

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2026

Atsuo fell in love with Atami, and Natsuno fell in love with Atsuo.

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• Japan
• (Atami • COK • cute • funny • hot springs • Japan travel • mascot characters • Natsuno Futon • Shizuoka • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Japan’s 20-year Ig Nobel winning streak continues thanks to people blowing their noses

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 9, 2026

Learn the scientifically proven technique for blowing your nose efficiently.

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• Japan
• (academics • Asahikawa Medical University • COK • Dr. Hiroshi Yajima • Dr. Tokuji Unno • funny • Ig Nobel Prize • nose blowing • physics • research • science)

Masturbatory aid maker Tenga releases officially licensed anime versions in Japan and U.S.

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2026

Hey, look who’s coming to Tenga!

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • crazy • funny • manga • Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt • Tenga • weird)

A practical guide to freezing your boss’ hat in a block of ice [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 18, 2026

This is an important skill for working adults to acquire, and we’re here to walk you through the process step by step.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • experiment • fashion • funny • heat • hot • SNJO • weird • Yoshio)

Study finds hundreds of people in Indonesia legally named after Naruto, Inuyasha, other anime stars

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 14, 2026

Anime’s growing international popularity is affecting name choices overseas.

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• Japan, SE Asia
• (anime • crazy • Doraemon • funny • Indonesia • Inuyasha • manga • Naruto • One Piece • society • weird)

Resident Evil’s terrifying Licker becomes a bag in Japan that wants to feed you

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2026

After years of this video game horror trying to eat us, it’s finally going to help us with our hunger instead.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • bags • Capcom • COK • crazy • funny • popcorn • popcorn buckets • Resident Evil • scary • theme parks • Universal Horror Nights • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • video games)

Is covering your entire upper body with cooling strips enough to fend off Japan’s summer heat?

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 4, 2026

Mr. Sato thinks it might be, and when was the last time he had an idea that didn’t pan out?

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• Japan
• (COK • cooling patches • cooling strips • crazy • experiment • funny • heat • Hiepita • Mr. Sato • SNJO)

Sanrio’s newest item looks like dog butt, exactly like it’s supposed to [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 30, 2026

If you’ve ever wanted to take a nap while burying your face in Pompompurin’s butthole, this is the cushion you’ve been waiting for.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • cushion • cute • funny • interior • nap pillow • pillow • plushies • Pompompurin • Sanrio • weird)

A roadside hair salon stall in China made us Norway’s Haaland for US$1, and warmed out hearts too

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 27, 2026

The haircut wasn’t the only great thing we got out of this great-price deal.

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• (China • COK • crazy • Erling Haaland • funny • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soccer • sports • tourism • travel)

Face lettuce appears in Japan, with the face of Death Note’s Light Yagami, but why?

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 25, 2026

“Lettuce that’s looking at you like it wants you to buy it.”

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• Japan
• (Ajinomoto • crazy • Death Note • food • funny • Lettuce • Light Yagami • Tatsuya Fujiwara • weird • Zen-Noh)

Hatsune Miku, VTuber Suisei Hoshimachi perform opening pitch at pro baseball game in Japan [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 23, 2026

Suisei throws smoke, some commenters throw shade.

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• Japan
• (anime • baseball • Chiba Lotte Marines • cool • crazy • funny • Hatsune Miku • HoloLive • Hoshimachi Suisei • Lotte • manga • music • sports • video • virtual idols • virtual YouTubers • vocaloids • VTubers • weird)

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  3. Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
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  8. Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
  9. First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
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  1. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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