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We tried out Japan’s new “mask you can wear while you eat”, found a way to make it much better

• Dale Roll
  Sep 27, 2020
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Our reporter found a major problem with the mask…but don’t worry, he fixed it!

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• Japan
• (COK • face masks • funny • masks • restaurants • Saizeriya • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • weird)

What our anti-Goro Miyazaki reporter thought of “From Up on Poppy Hill”

• Shannon
  Aug 28, 2020

Can Hayao Miyazaki’s son’s second Studio Ghibli film prove us wrong?

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • From Up on Poppy Hill • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Studio Ghibli)

Which convenience store has the best kakuni Japanese braised pork? We find out【Taste test】

• Katie Pask
  Aug 27, 2020

This taste test was nothing short of a porky paradise.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • braised pork • COK • comparison • conveneinece stores • Family mart • food • kakuni • Lawson • pork • ranking • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

How to enjoy a cold drink without taking off your mask this summer【Experiment, video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 12, 2020

A special summer tip from the SoraNews24 Department of Questionable Life Hacks.

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• Japan
• (Ahiru Neko • COK • crazy • drinks • funny • hot • life hacks • masks • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • video • weird)

Has five years with the dangerous haircut banned in Tokyo schools led this man to a life of crime?

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jul 20, 2020

Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education continues mental gymnastics and insists that undercuts cause harmful incidents and accidents.
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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • dress code • education • P.K. Sanjun • school rules • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • society • two block • undercuts • youth)

We visit the Megaweb History Garage of classic cars, get to sit in a real-life DeLorean DMC12

• Dale Roll
  Jul 14, 2020

Back to the Future fan Seiji Nakazawa just about died and went to heaven.

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• Japan
• (back to the future • cars • classic cars • delorean • Megaweb • odaiba • Seiji Nakazawa • Tokyo • Tokyo City Showcase • VenusFort)

Seiji gets his first royalty payment for his music from JASRAC

• Master Blaster
  Jul 7, 2020

If you can’t beat them, join them and get royalties.

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• Japan
• (business • copyright • JASRAC • music • RocketMan • royalties • Seiji Nakazawa)

Eating a shark heart from a Tokyo supermarket【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2020

Super-easy and super-scary to prepare, this is a meal that’s not for the faint of heart.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • crazy • food • gross • hearts • Seiji Nakazawa • sharks • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Yoshiike)

Which of McDonald’s new “Beef Burgers of the World” is the best? We find out【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  Jul 3, 2020

There’s no international cuisine quite like the different McDonald’s burgers of the world!

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

Would a pizza made with pizza-flavored potato chips yield a super pizza?

• Master Blaster
  Jun 9, 2020

Just follow Uncle Pizza’s easy recipe to find out!

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• Japan
• (COK • food • pizza • Pizza Potato • potato chips • recipe • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Uncle Pizza)

We try cooking yakisoba with real Japanese buckwheat soba【SoraKitchen】

• Dale Roll
  Jun 1, 2020

Does Japanese soba go well with yakisoba sauce? Will it hold up in a frying pan? We find out!

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• Japan
• (cooking • experiment • Japanese food • Noodles • Seiji Nakazawa • soba • SoraKitchen • yakisoba)

Our male otaku reporter reveals his top 3 best buddy characters in Japanese dating sim games

• Katy Kelly
  May 25, 2020

Who’s the most relatable character in a dating sim? Why, your male best friend, of course!

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• Japan
• (Clannad • dating sims • friendship • Little Busters! • male bonding • ranking • Seiji Nakazawa • Sharin no Kuni)

We try Burger King Japan’s CooKING Burger @Home, use up lots of stuff in our fridge

• Katy Kelly
  May 16, 2020

The best thing about Burger King’s home delivery? You get to decide how much avocado is too much avocado.

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• Japan
• (avocado • Burger King • Burger King Japan • CooKING Burger @ Home • food • funny • home delivery • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • whopper)

Our reporter eats more bugs from a Tokyo vending machine, compares flavors【Taste test】

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 26, 2020

Our reporter Seiji ventures back to Ueno’s bug vending machine to learn if crickets and grasshoppers taste the same.

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• Japan
• (bugs • COK • crazy • food • insects • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird)

Taste-testing Tokyo’s biggest, best edible bug vending machine【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 2, 2020

We take a chance with a random selection from a machine that sells tarantulas and dung beetles for you to eat.

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• Japan
• (bugs • COK • crazy • food • gross • scary • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Ueno • vending machines)

Here’s how to be a Shiba Inu’s favorite person

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 1, 2020

A trip to a Tokyo dog cafe and a chance encounter with a Shiba Inu master leads to an epiphany for our canine-loving reporter.

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• Japan
• (animal cafes • animals • COK • dog cafes • dogs • mambeshiba • pets • Seiji Nakazawa • Shiba Inu • SNJO)

We try a traditional Tokyo dish of stewed loaches, encounter something we’ve never seen before

• Dale Roll
  Mar 26, 2020

A taste of the Edo-period past, and a new encounter. 

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • Edo • Edo period • fish • food • history • Japanese food • loach • nabe • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO)

We order all four burgers from McDonald’s Japan’s Big Mac line and compare their…sizes

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 7, 2020

The Big Mac Jr., the classic Big Mac, the Grand Big Mac and the Giga Big Mac are like a happy Big Mac family made of meat and buns.

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• Japan
• (Big Mac • Big Mac Jr. • cheap eats • cute • family • funny • Giga Big Mac • Grand Big Mac • McDonald's • mini • Seiji Nakazawa • size • SNOJ • supersize)

Our male otaku tries Japan’s anime heroine mascara, learns what it’s like to be shojo manga star

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 18, 2020

So that’s the reason that keeps happening in shojo anime and manga!

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cosmetics • makeover • makeup • manga • mascara • Seiji Nakazawa • shojo • SNJO)

Here’s what happened when our biggest male otaku tried out Japan’s new Manga Genic eyeliner【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2020

Manga Genic promises you the eyes of an anime star, but can our reporter handle that kind of power?

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cosmetics • eyeliner • kate • makeover • makeup • manga • Manga Genic • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO)

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