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Japanese city pays people to stand on escalators for six hours a day【Video】

Nagoya Stop and Stand Corps is looking to change escalator etiquette.

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Does Chiikawa’s cuteness have a breaking point? Testing anime character’s edible stickers【Photos】

Looking for the limits of Chiikawa and friends.

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Rice ball melon bread – A treat Japanese bakeries aren’t crazy enough to make, but we are【SoraKitchen】

Today in the SoraKitchen, we push the melon bread envelope with melon bread filled with onigiri, mochi, and even ramem.

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New squirrel-cheek boob-adjacent video game is all about the nuts, includes “sensitive mode”

Magical Nut Ikuno isn’t quite what it looks like, but still very much what it seems like.

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Squeezable tanuki testicle capsule toys, with choking warning for kids, appear in Japan, but why?

The latest chapter in Japan’s long tradition of long-balled depictions of racoon dogs.

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Taste-testing Japan’s “I love Obama” cakes【Taste test】

There’s an obvious gag gift element to these manju from Fukui, but is the pun delicious?

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Is there demand for merch of our stylish reporter? Let’s find out with the Ikuna Acrylic Standee

Attention, Ikuna fans! SN24’s most photogenic fashion reporter has made her merch debut.

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Pageant in Gifu Prefecture allows all races, genders, species, and levels of existence to enter

You don’t get much more inclusive than that.

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Pokémon fans startled to see Eevee looking super muscular in new merch photo

Has this Pokémon been using some super-effective protein powder?

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Fake cherry blossom viewing failure leads us to international friendship in Ueno Park

While trying to pretend to enjoy Tokyo’s cherry blossoms, Mr. Sato ends up having a touching true sakura moment.

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Our Japanese writers share times they were the fool in honor of April Fools Day

It may be factual, may be cruel. Everybody plays the fool.

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Mr. Sato’s mad Majima cosplay and other outfits from Mafia Day at SoraNews24HQ【Photos】

Things go predictably off the rails as our boss tells us to dress up for Mafia Day.

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Japan’s new trading card game hit has pictures of real-life middle-aged men on every card【Video】

“Ojisan trading card game” brings smiles to young and old in Fukuoka town.

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Tokyo government makes a magical girl anime video about the dark side of contract scams【Video】

Magical girl contract goes very, very wrong in public service ad.

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The story of our miracle cork-gun shot at Dogo Onsen in Ehime Prefecture

A tale of beginner’s luck and cheap prizes.

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Japanese parenting app has demon call your phone and scold your misbehaving kids

When your kids are acting like devils, Oni kara Denwa dispatches a demon to set them straight.

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The new world’s smallest park is in Japan, and it’s so tiny you might not even notice it【Video】

Guinness World Records awards designation to Shizuoka town after thorough measuring of dimensions.

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Our reporter successfully quits high-stakes capsule machines… but this one feels like a lock!

He can stop anytime he wants. He just doesn’t want to this time.

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Udon soup-scented bath salts from Kagawa are flying off the shelves and into bathtubs everywhere

Be careful that you don’t start drinking your bath water by mistake or you’ll find yourself in even hotter water.

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A scam artist called us from overseas and we had a bittersweet conversation about fried rice

“Do you guys have fried rice in Mongolia?”

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