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Three ways the unauthorized U.S. Department of Homeland Security Pokémon video makes no sense
- Casey Baseel
Sep 25, 2025 - Tweet
DHS doesn’t seem to know what the Pokémon series, or its English theme song, are about.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • Department of Homeland Security • manga • Pokemon • video • video games • weird)
Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]
- Elliot Hale
Sep 25, 2025
![Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/imgi_170_IMG_6363-2.jpg?w=640 "Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]")
With a Pokéfuta in every municipality, Tottori lets you explore the entire prefecture on your quest to catch ’em all.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • cute • Ikuna Kamezawa • Pokéfuta • Pokélids • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • sandshrew • SNJO • stamp rally • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • travel • video games)
Sega’s Like a Dragon yakuza teaches “useless” English, let’s use it to learn some useful Japanese
- Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2025
Kiryu seems like the kind of guy who should know that effort is never meaningless, and this time is no exception.
- Japan
- (crazy • funny • Japanese language • Kazuma Kiryu • learning japanese • Like a Dragon • linguistics • Sega • SNO • video games • weird • yakuza)
“Walking Man” from The Exit 8 is winning over legions of fans in Japan and abroad
- Master Blaster
Sep 23, 2025
Kochi Yamato is the man of the hour, and the next hour, and the hour after that…
- Japan
- (acting • Kochi Yamato • movies • The Exit 8 • video games • Walking Man)
Japanese factories turning work progress into video game progress with help from Fortnite maker
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2025
Osaka factory design firm turned to Epic Games for advice on its motivation-boosting system.
- Japan
- (COK • cool.Fortnight • Epic Games • technology • video • video games • weird)
Final Fantasy furniture, Monster Hunter pieces too, coming from Japanese houseware company
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2025
Nitori wans to provide everything you could need for your home, including your gaming space.
- Japan
- (Capcom • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • furniture • gaming furniture • interior • Monster Hunter • Nitori • Square Enix • Street Fighter • video games)
100-year-old granny gamer in Japan plays SNES almost every day, sometimes with great-grandkid
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2025
Fukushima resident was well into her senior years before she ever held a controller.
- Japan
- (Bomberman • moving • nintendo • seniors • SNES • Super Famicom • Super NES • Tetris • touching • video games)
Sega throws ‘90s-era jabs at Nintendo in new video for latest Sonic game【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2025
Sega recreates video from the the 16-bit console wars of the ’90s to promote Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
- Japan, USA
- (90s • cool • funny • Mario Kart • Mario Kart World • nintendo • Sega • Sonic • Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds • Sonic the Hedgehog • video • video games)
How to ride Japan’s awesome Pokémon Sandshrew Train【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2025
Finding this adorable train can feel like an RPG sidequest, but when the reward is this cute, we’re game.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • manga • Pokemon • sandshrew • SNJO • Tottori • tourism • trains • travel • video games)
Catch Gengar croissants and Lucario sodas at Pronto’s Pokémon collab this fall
- Elliot Hale
Sep 13, 2025
With original goods and seven fully-decorated stores, it’s the perfect event for any Pokémon fan.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • character goods • COK • cool • cute • drinks • food • Pokemon • Pronto • restaurants • video games)
Haru Urara, Japan’s winless “Star of the Losers” race horse, has passed away
- Casey Baseel
Sep 10, 2025
113 races, zero wins, and countless memories.
- Japan
- (animals • anime • Haru Urara • horse racing • horses • manga • moving • racehorses • sports • touching • Uma Musume • Uma Musume Pretty Derby • video games)
Chansey Pokémon Park in Japan helps a region heal from disaster
- Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2025
Fukushima looks to a brighter future with the help of its Lucky Support Pokémon.
- Japan
- (anime • anime characters • Chansey • cool • Fukushima • Koriyama • lucky • park • play • Pokemon • SNJO • travel • video games)
Nintendo opens Art Gallery inside Nintendo Museum with concept art for Zelda, Mario, and more
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2025
Museum wants to show you what Nintendo’s video game stars looked like before they every showed up your screen.
- Japan
- (Animal Crossing • art • Legend of Zelda • museums • nintendo • Nintendo Museum • Super Mario • tourism • travel • video games)
Game over as 33-year-old landmark arcade closes in Tokyo’s Akihabara district【Photos, video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2025
The shutter and curtain come down on the first arcade Sega ever opened in Japan’s biggest gamer neighborhood.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Arcades • GiGO • GiGO Akihabara Building 1 • Sega • video games)
Mini PlayStation game case capsule toys deliver big nostalgia in tiny packages【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2025
A micro-sized trip back to the glory days of the PS1 and 2.
- Japan
- (capsule toys • cool • gachapon • gashapon • miniature • playstation • PlayStation 1 • PlayStation 2 • Sony • video games)
Monster Hunter’s grossest monster is now a cute super-deformed room lamp【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2025
Designers say Khezu will not electrocute you, but no promises about him not freaking your guests out.
- Japan
- (Capcom • crazy • gross • interior • Khezu • Monster Hunter • video games • weird)
Japan’s pretty lifestyle brand made an ultra-cheap Switch controller, but is it any good?
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2025
3 Coins’ Switch controller is less than half the price of Nintendo’s Pro Controller, but is it worth even that much?
- Japan
- (3 Coins • 3COINS • gadgets • nintendo • nintendo switch • SNJO • switch • video games)
This official Pokémon horror video is surprisingly terrifying【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2025
A frightening new version of a Gen-I Pokémon makes its creepy debut.
- Japan
- (anime • funny • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Legends Z-A • scary • video • video games)
City in Japan proposes ordinance with daily smartphone usage limit, even for adults
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2025
Ironically, this really doesn’t seem like the best way for civic leaders to be using their time.
- Japan
- (COK • Smartphones • society • technology • video games • weird)
Japanese household cleaner maker releases survival horror scrubbing game on Steam
- Master Blaster
Aug 22, 2025
In this game, no one can hear you clean.
- Japan
- (cleaning • crazy • funny • Kao • Magiclean • scary • Silent Cleaning • SNJO • Steam • survival horror • video games • weird)
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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