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7-Eleven Japan creates official “how to open a rice ball” video to help overseas travelers【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2021 - Tweet
Latest example of great customer service in Japan comes in response to visiting journalist’s call for help.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • 7-Eleven • awesome • conveneinece stores • cool • food • how to • Olympics • rice balls • Tokyo Olympics • video)
Tokyo train stations get new Olympic melodies and signage for the Games
- Oona McGee
Jul 30, 2021
We check out the Tokyo 2020 official beat music being played at four special locations.
- Japan
- (2020 Tokyo Olympics • characters • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Mascots • music • Olympics • Tokyo Olympics • train jingles • train stations • trains • videos)
Tokyo Olympic Village tour, with gold medalist Tom Daley 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Jul 29, 2021
An inside look at the apartments, stores, dining hall, transport, and laundry room shared by the Olympic athletes.
- Japan
- (2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • athletes • athletes village • diving • Olympic Village • Olympics • Olympics athletes • Tokyo Olympics • Tom Daley • videos • YouTube)
Problem solved: How to open a Japanese convenience store onigiri rice ball【Pics and video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2021
When we saw an international Olympic journalist’s plea for help with one of Japan’s greatest foods, we knew this was a job for SoraNews24!
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- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • 7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • food • how to • Olympics • onigiri • rice balls • SNO • Tokyo Olympics)
TV audiences in Japan surprised to see “Pikachu,” “Raichu” as members of U.S. Olympic team
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2021
Siblings look to electrify the badminton competition at the Tokyo Olympics.
- Japan, USA
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • anime • badminton • funny • Japanese language • Katakana • linguistics • Olympics • Pikachu • Pokemon • Raichu • sports • Tokyo Olympics • video games)
Gigantic Gundam steals the show at the Tokyo Olympics triathlon
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2021
Some of the world’s greatest athletes hang a left at the life-size anime robot in their race for Olympic gold.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • anime • awesome • COK • cool • Gundam • Gundam statue • Gundam Unicorn • life-size Gundam • odaiba • Olympics • robots • sports • Tokyo Olympics • Unicorn Gundam • video)
Japan’s perception of skateboarding could change thanks to Olympic wins, pro skater says
- Dale Roll
Jul 28, 2021
Skaters in Japan hope that they’ll be able to skate in public without fear of stigma.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • COK • Momiji Nishiya • Olympics • skateboarding • society • sports • street skateboarding • Tokyo Olympics • Yuto Horigome)
13-year-old Japanese girl becomes first-ever women’s skateboarding Olympic gold medalist【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2021
Junior high school student and street skateboarder Momiji Nishiya puts herself in record books as youngest Japanese athlete ever to win gold medal.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • gold medal • Momiji Nishiya • Olympics • skateboarding • sports • street skateboarding • Tokyo Olympics)
Olympic media dismayed by their subpar and overpriced food and drink
- Master Blaster
Jul 23, 2021
Let the price gouging begin!
Google made a free-to-play ninja cat RPG to celebrate the Tokyo Olympics, and it’s awesome!
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2021
The Google Doodle for the Tokyo Olympics’ start offers retro fun, insight into Japanese culture, and a skateboarding tanuki.
- Internet, Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • awesome • clever • cool • culture • cute • Google Doodle • Olympics • retro games • sports • Tokyo Olympic • video games)
Dragon Quest at Olympics opening ceremony? Game theme, Eva-connected song heard coming from stadium
- Casey Baseel
Jun 30, 2021
Long-awaited start of the Tokyo Olympics might be a special treat for sports fans and otaku alike.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • anime • Dragon Quest • Evangelion • music • Olympics • opening ceremony • sports • Tokyo Olympics • video games)
Sailor Moon wishes Japan good luck at the Olympics in tweet, sparks backlash from fans
- Casey Baseel
Jun 28, 2021
Anime ambassador’s quick message of support doesn’t land right with critics.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • anime • manga • Olympics • Sailor Moon • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
Please drink alone in your room and don’t have sex, Tokyo Olympics tells athletes
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2021
Organizers don’t want people getting randy or rowdy in the Olympic Village.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • alcohol • COK • health • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
Tokyo Olympics to allow spectators, provided they “cheer quietly”
- Katie Pask
Jun 20, 2021
Expect a very muted crowd at the Olympics this year.
- Japan
- (2021 Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • Olympics • society • spectators • Suga • Tokyo)
Please take Tokyo Olympics condoms back to your home country and use them there, organizers say
- Casey Baseel
Jun 1, 2021
Basically, more than 150,000 condoms will be given to athletes as souvenirs of their time in Japan.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • crazy • health • Olympic Village • Olympics • Tokyo Olympics • weird)
Japan’s Olympic stadium to fill thousands of empty spectator seats with waifu pillows
- Scott Wilson
Apr 1, 2021
Not sure if creative or cringey.
- Japan
- (anime pillows • April Fools' Day • coronavirus • funny • Olympics • SNO • Tokyo Olympics • waifu)
Tokyo Olympic torch flame goes out twice on first day of relay, filling commenters with dread
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2021
This isn’t the first time this sort of thing has happened, though.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • COK • crazy • Olympic flame • Olympic torch • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics • weird)
Tokyo Olympics Village looks like an eerie ghost town
- SoraNews24
Mar 23, 2021
Athletes Village could be the real-life setting for a disaster film right now.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • athletes • athletes village • buildings • Construction • Harumi Flag • Olympics • Olympics Village • sports • Tokyo Olympics)
Tokyo Olympics will not allow spectators from overseas
- Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2021
Long-suspected precautionary measure is latest sad development for troubled event.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • COK • Olympics • Tokyo Olympics)
Tokyo Olympics Official Shop branch closes down four months before Games may or may not start
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2021
The latest sad development for the troubled event.
- Japan
- (2020 Olympics • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • COK • Olympics • Tokyo Olympics)
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