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Thursday, January 08, 2026 11:36 PM ET

Sora News 24 - Top Stories

Our 52-year-old pole dancing reporter shares his tips for achieving your New Year's exercise goal

1 hour ago

We ate sushi made from Japan's most expensive tuna ever【Taste test】

3 hours ago

10 times to avoid traveling in Japan in 2026

12 hours ago

This quiet forest cafe in Japan lets you read all day in the house of a famous author

14 hours ago

Here's what our bachelor writers ate over the New Year's holiday in Japan

23 hours ago

Ramen restaurant's English menu prices are nearly double its Japanese ones, denies discriminating

1 day ago

Nearly one in ten young adults living in Japan isn't ethnically Japanese, statistics show

1 day ago

Things get heavy with the Gold Lucky Bag from Village Vanguard

1 day ago

What makes a good boss in Japan? Workers sound off in survey

1 day ago

Top Japanese cosplayer Enako returns to Comiket after 6 years, creates mayhem with admirers

1 day ago

Re:Zero−Starting Life in Another World

1 day ago

Private booths are coming to Japan's Shinkansen bullet trains even sooner than we'd thought【Video】

2 days ago

The Purple Lucky Bag from Village Vanguard is an extra-large waste of money

2 days ago

Rakuten randomly offers 58 New Year's osechi feasts in Japan, but did we get a star or a dud?

2 days ago

Tokyo fish market breaks New Year auction record as single fish sells for over 500 million yen【Vid】

1 day ago

Four Shinto shrines to pray for love at in Japan to start the New Year

3 days ago

Majority of Japanese mayors say foreign residents are essential but most see good and bad effects

3 days ago

Village Vanguard's most expensive Black Lucky Bag sets an ominous tone for 2026

3 days ago

Should you dip your cake in sake? One Japanese brewer says no, but actually yes【 Taste test】

3 days ago

Play games, learn, and get your fortune at Ginza's limited-time Tsunaguu 'Shrine of the Future'

4 days ago

Japanese beef bowl chain Sukiya's 2026 Smile Box lucky bag basically pays for itself

4 days ago

Starbucks Japan ready to get Year of the Horse started with adorable drinkware and plushies【Pics】

10 days ago

Hayao Miyazaki says Happy New Year to Studio Ghibli fans with new art for Year of the Horse

6 days ago

Cup Noodle tries an authentic Jiro-style ramen, but something's not quite right

5 days ago

The best Starbucks Japan Frappuccinos we want to drink again in 2026

6 days ago

We revisited Sweets Paradise after a decade to see if Japan's dessert buffet still delivers

6 days ago

That time Seiji called JASRAC to ask why he didn't get paid royalties for his song being on TV

5 days ago

Pizza Hut Japan's hot lucky bags are perfect for a New Year's pizza party

7 days ago

7-Eleven Japan starts new temporary luggage storage service in over 300 branches

20 days ago

Disillusionment at Tsukiji's tourist-target prices led us to a great ramen restaurant in Tokyo

16 days ago

Starbucks teams up with 166-year-old Kyoto doll maker for Year of the Horse decorations【Photos】

21 days ago

Tokyo considering law requiring more trash cans following litter increase in heavily touristed area

29 days ago

Tokyo's Tsukiji sushi neighborhood asks tour groups to stay away for the rest of the month

22 days ago

Tokyo event lets you travel back in time, for free, to celebrate 100 years since Showa era start

29 days ago

Japan may add Japanese language proficiency, lifestyle classes to permanent foreign resident requirements

16 days ago

Sanrio theme park in Japan announces plans to expand into a Sanrio resort

30 days ago

Lacquerware supplier to emperor of Japan and Pokémon team up for new tableware

15 days ago

Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer

8 months ago

Japan's human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo

1 month ago

Japan's deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year's?

1 year ago

We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan

6 months ago

Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home

8 months ago

Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid

6 months ago

Put sesame oil in your coffee? Japanese maker says it's the best way to start your day【Taste test】

3 months ago

No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan's National Police Agency says

7 months ago

Starbucks Japan reveals new sakura drinkware collection, inspired by evening cherry blossoms

10 months ago

Updated cherry blossom forecast shows extra-long sakura season for Japan this year

10 days ago

Perfectly recreated 1960s Japanese apartment lets museum visitors go back to mid-Showa era【Pics】

1 month ago

Bluefin tuna fish sells for bargain low price of roughly US$200,000 in Tokyo auction

21 minutes ago

Bandai to release super-mega-retro-robot made up of Doraemon and friends

21 minutes ago

New Japanese menstrual product seeks to help women spot unidentified iron deficiencies

11 days ago

Tokyo Station's perfect breakfast spot might just be this izakaya Japanese-style pub

2 years ago

How to properly eat a traditional Japanese tonkatsu meal

1 year ago

We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn't disappoint

21 minutes ago

Oh, it turns out manga creator Rumiko Takahashi's schedule is EVEN CRAZIER than we thought!

30 days ago

Tokyo cafe staffed by robots piloted by paralyzed and otherwise housebound people

1 month ago