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Pal World developers make timely announcement of adults-only romance simulator with naked pals

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2024
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Preview video is the sort of thing that only makes sense right now.

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• Japan
• (april fools • crazy • funny • Palworld • video • video games • weird)

We take part in a T-Rex race at Nara, Japan, turns out to be a wet and wild event

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2024

Extinct theropods take over Unesco World Heritage Site for a race like no other.

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• Japan
• (activities • COK • cool • costumes • cute • dinosaurs • events • funny • Heijo Palace • K. Masami • Nara • SNJO • sport • T-Rex • T-Rex race • travel • World Heritage site)

Tiger-man steals show at Japanese zoo’s safety training exercise【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 15, 2024

Everyone involved in this drill took their role seriously, especially the dude dressed in a tiger costume.

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• Japan
• (animals • crazy • cute • funny • tigers • Tobu Zoo • video • weird • white tiger • zoos)

We channel our inner Osakan auntie with a lucky bag full of animal-print clothes

• Dale Roll
  Mar 10, 2024

Nothing exudes confidence like being covered in leopard print. 

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• Japan
• (animal print • clothes • COK • crazy • fashion • fukubukuro • funny • leopard print • lucky bag • Masanuki Sunakoma • Osaka Oba-chan • SNJO)

Official Tokyo Marathon T-shirts get recalled for English spelling mistake

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 29, 2024

Things started off OK, but didn’t finish quite right.

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• Japan
• (ASICS • crazy • fashion • funny • Japanese language • linguistics • t-shirts • Tokyo Marathon • weird • Why Does Engrish Happen in Japan • Why Does Engrish Happen?)

Fox-boy Sephiroth really wants Cloud to eat some noodles in new Donbei/Final Fantasy video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2024

Final Fantasy VII’s villain gets a foxy makeover as he forcibly recommends a meal for his rival.

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Donbei • Donei • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • funny • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • Square Enix • udon • video • video games)

The disembodied arm on the shoulder prank in the office shows you can be too good at something

• Master Blaster
  Feb 28, 2024

Overly smooth prank nearly costs us an arm and a leg.

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• Internet, Japan
• (Amazon • COK • crazy • funny • Go Hatori • hand on shoulder • Masanuki Sunakoma • pranks • scary • shopping • SNJO • video • weird • Yoshio)

We plastered our car!【SoraHouse】

• Master Blaster
  Feb 27, 2024

You never know until you try it.

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• Japan
• (cars • COK • crazy • DIY • funny • Go Hatori • Minica • Moru Moru • plaster • SNJO • SoraHouse • weird • Yoshio)

Low-Amazon-rated heater claims to melt car frost with energy blasts, does only half a thing right

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2024

Vulgar analogy turns out to be surprisingly accurate.

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• Japan
• (Amazon low-rated • cars • COK • crazy • funny • gadgets • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • weird)

Testing out the rubber hand illusion in the office to see if people can feel pain in fake limbs

• Master Blaster
  Feb 21, 2024

Science is violence.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • body transfer illusion • COK • crazy • experiment • funny • Go Hatori • Masanuki Sunakoma • P.K. Sanjun • rubber hand illusion • science • SNJO • Takashi Harada • weird • Yuichiro Wasai)

Funny signs in Japan: 7-Eleven enters the ring with a humorous notice for drivers

• Oona McGee
  Feb 17, 2024

A clever way to draw attention to an off-the-beaten-path Japanese convenience store location. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • billboards • clever • convenience stores • cool • funny • LOL • marketing • Saitama • signs • SNJO)

Cloud makes unforgivable date mistake in Final Fantasy VII teaser video from Square Enix【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2024

That’s a good way to get yourself dolphin-punched right in the jaw, Cloud.

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• Japan
• (Cloud Strife • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • funny • Square Enix • Tifa • Tifa Lockhart • video • video games)

Poo sakura are in full bloom at Unko Museum’s cherry blossom festival in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2024

The only place in the world where you can view weeping poop cherry blossoms, but you have to sing and dance to make them bloom.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • events • fun • funny • hanami • news • sakura • sakura 2024 • sakura sites • Tokyo • unko • Unko Museum)

Stained in crimson like X Japan, will passersby on the Tokyo street offer us comfort?【Experiment】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2024

Investigating the accuracy of Yoshiki’s “Kurenai” lyrics.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • experiment • funny • Kurenai • music • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • weird • X Japan • Yoshiki)

Louis Vuitton’s fancy new bags look like anime character merch to people in Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2024

One person’s damier pattern is another person’s Ichimatsu, with all that entails in a post Mugen Train world.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • Demon Slayer • fashion • funny • Ichimatsu pattern • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Louis Vuitton • manga • Tanjiro)

The Petitcalator is Japan’s weirdest world record-holder in its most-forgotten big city【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 7, 2024

Kawasaki site has held a Guiness World Record for more than 30 years.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • escalator • funny • Guiness World Record • kawasaki • SNJO • weird • world recrod)

We asked a Japanese hairdresser to turn five of us into David Beckham: Part Two

• Shannon
  Feb 7, 2024

In which The SoraNews24 Beckham Boys take on Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (before and after • celebrities • COK • David Beckham • fun • funny • haircut • hairstyling • Japanese hairstyles • Kabukicho • photoshoot • shinjuku • SNJO • soccer • weird)

Japan’s Setsubun Bean-Throwing Bazooka is so powerful demons won’t dare come near you

• Oona McGee
  Feb 3, 2024

Taking Japanese customs of demon-vanquishing to impressive new levels.

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• Japan
• (beans • COK • cool • culture • funny • gadgets • mame • oni • setsubun • SNJO • weird)

It’s time to throw beans and banish demons! A look at family Setsubun traditions in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2024

From ogre teachers to desserts in the dark, the SoraNews24 team shares their Setsubun styles.

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• Japan
• (beans • COK • culture • funny • oni • setsubun • SNJO • weird)

How to throw off your suit and shirt like a Like a Dragon tough guy, starring Mr. Sato【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 26, 2024

The iconic scene from Sega’s over-the-top series might look like the sort of thing only video game tough guys can do, but Mr. Sato shows how to do it in real life.

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• Japan
• (cosplay • crazy • funny • Like a Dragon • Mr. Sato • Sega • video • video games • yakuza)

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  5. Japanese gacha machine in Shibuya now sells tiny capsule terrariums
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  7. Japanese airlines set to cut fuel surcharges for international flights in September and October
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  1. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  2. New Shinkansen luggage drop-off system begins in Japan, making train travel even easier
  3. Japan now has human refrigerators inspired by Japanese vending machines
  4. 12-year-old British girl who went missing in Tokyo found safe after visiting anime sites around Yokohama
  5. Air-conditioned dress shirts arrive in Japan to save working professionals from sweltering heat
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  8. Studio Ghibli releases anime T-shirts that pay homage to one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most personal films
  9. Pokémon Center Online designates first Pokémon items that will require Japanese ID card to buy
  10. Japanese toilet aims to attract foreign tourists but not everybody is happy about it

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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
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
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  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
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