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- Tokyo's 2D Cafe https://soranews24.com/2019/09/01/tokyos-amazing-2d-cafe-looks-like-an-illustration-but-its-an-actual-restaurant-you-can-eat-in/ 60 comments
- Train driver’s locked tablet with forgotten password leads to big delay on Fukushima line https://soranews24.com/2022/08/25/train-drivers-locked-tablet-with-forgotten-password-leads-to-big-delay-on-fukushima-line/ 26 comments technews
- Japanese ambassador stayed in Ukraine to fight in his grandfather’s samurai armour? No, not true https://soranews24.com/2022/02/27/japanese-ambassador-stayed-in-ukraine-to-fight-in-his-grandfathers-samurai-armour-no-not-true/ 37 comments worldnews
- Japan's Comiket will require proof of coronavirus vaccination or PCR test results for admission https://soranews24.com/2021/11/15/comiket-will-require-proof-of-coronavirus-vaccination-or-pcr-test-results-for-admission/ 6 comments worldnews
- Japanese senior secretly gets four doses of COVID-19 vaccine https://soranews24.com/2021/07/09/hokkaido-senior-secretly-gets-four-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine/ 7 comments worldnews
- Over 50 percent of single Japanese women in their 20s struggle to make ends meet, survey says. 49.9% make less than $2100 a month. https://soranews24.com/2020/02/09/over-50-percent-of-single-japanese-women-in-their-20s-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-survey-says/ 9 comments indepthstories
- If you die from the COVID-19 vaccine in Japan, the government will give your family over 44M yen. ($420,000 USD) https://soranews24.com/2021/02/21/if-you-die-from-the-covid-19-vaccine-in-japan-the-government-will-give-your-family-over-44m-yen/ 845 comments worldnews
- Japan to begin administering coronavirus vaccine next week. https://soranews24.com/2021/02/11/japan-to-begin-administering-coronavirus-vaccine-next-week/ 3 comments worldnews
- Tokyo’s latest plan to boost birth rate: Pay people 100,000 yen ($ USD 996) per baby they give birth to. https://soranews24.com/2021/01/15/tokyos-latest-plan-to-boost-birth-rate-pay-people-100000-yen-per-baby-they-give-birth-to/ 24 comments worldnews
- Japan Airlines staff reassigned to work as shrine maidens during coronavirus travel downturn https://soranews24.com/2020/12/23/japan-airlines-staff-reassigned-to-work-as-shrine-maidens-during-coronavirus-travel-downturn/ 66 comments worldnews
- Japanese government’s new birth rate plan: Use AI to tell people who’d be a good spouse for them. https://soranews24.com/2020/12/10/japanese-governments-new-birth-rate-plan-use-ai-to-tell-people-whod-be-a-good-spouse-for-them/ 53 comments worldnews
- Lower income earners in Japan at higher risk of depression. https://soranews24.com/2020/10/05/lower-income-earners-at-higher-risk-of-depression-japans-least-shocking-research-finds/ 20 comments worldnews
- Man attempts to set himself on fire in middle of Tokyo’s busiest intersection. https://soranews24.com/2020/08/25/man-attempts-to-set-himself-on-fire-in-middle-of-tokyos-busiest-intersection%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91/ 4 comments worldnews
- Tokyo metro area welcomed more new foreign residents than Japanese ones last year. https://soranews24.com/2020/08/10/the-tokyo-area-welcomed-more-new-foreign-residents-than-japanese-ones-last-year/ 3 comments worldnews
- Tokyo plan to give 100,000 ($934 USD) yen to residents who get infected with coronavirus sparks backlash. https://soranews24.com/2020/07/10/tokyo-plan-to-give-100000-yen-to-residents-who-get-infected-with-coronavirus-sparks-backlash/ 9 comments worldnews
- Tokyo gubernatorial candidate strips naked in televised campaign speech https://soranews24.com/2020/06/27/tokyo-gubernatorial-candidate-strips-naked-in-televised-campaign-speech/ 9 comments worldnews
- Japanese prefectural government passes video game ban limiting kids’ daily play, smartphone time. https://soranews24.com/2020/03/18/japanese-prefectural-government-passes-video-game-ban-limiting-kids-daily-play-smartphone-time/ 17 comments worldnews
- Japanese students hold graduation ceremony in Minecraft amid school cancellation https://soranews24.com/2020/03/15/japanese-students-hold-graduation-ceremony-in-minecraft-amid-school-cancellation/ 170 comments worldnews
- Osaka man reserved and cancelled 1,873 seats at two baseball games to get more space for self https://soranews24.com/2020/03/15/osaka-man-reserved-and-cancelled-1873-seats-at-two-baseball-games-to-get-more-space-for-self/ 13 comments baseball
- Osaka law would make it illegal for adults to sleep with teens unless it is part of “a serious relationship.” https://soranews24.com/2020/02/05/law-would-make-it-illegal-for-osaka-adults-to-sleep-with-schoolgirls-unless-they-really-like-them/ 27 comments worldnews
- Survey finds only 6% of Japanese workers motivated, 7th lowest in the world. https://soranews24.com/2020/02/02/survey-finds-only-6-percent-of-japanese-workers-motivated-seventh-lowest-in-the-world/ 579 comments worldnews
- Bill approving a “Space Force” military branch moves forward in Japan’s parliament. https://soranews24.com/2020/01/26/bill-approving-space-force-military-branch-moves-forward-in-japans-parliament/ 8 comments worldnews
- Japanese Baseball player’s sweet story of how he wooed his fiancé moves people, inspires dozens of Baseball puns. https://soranews24.com/2020/01/23/japanese-baseball-players-sweet-story-of-how-he-wooed-his-fiance-moves-twitter-inspires-puns/ 4 comments baseball
- Mayor of Osaka wants to legally control when kids can and can’t use smartphones in their own home. https://soranews24.com/2020/01/19/mayor-of-osaka-wants-to-legally-control-when-kids-can-and-cant-use-smartphones-in-their-own-home/ 27 comments worldnews
- Japanese shrine bans foreign visitors following disrespectful behaviour by tourists https://soranews24.com/2020/01/13/japanese-shrine-bans-foreign-visitors-following-disrespectful-behaviour-by-tourists/ 741 comments worldnews
- Over 30 percent of surveyed Japanese managers feel intense stress from working with foreigners https://soranews24.com/2019/12/17/over-30-percent-of-surveyed-japanese-managers-feel-intense-stress-from-working-with-foreigners/ 10 comments worldnews
- Tokyo’s Yomiuri Giants baseball players crossdress in beauty contest for fans https://soranews24.com/2019/11/22/tokyos-yomiuri-giants-baseball-players-crossdress-in-beauty-contest-for-fans 57 comments baseball
- One of Japan’s biggest companies ditches suit-and-tie dress code. https://soranews24.com/2019/11/07/sayonara-suits-one-of-japans-biggest-companies-ditches-suit-and-tie-dress-code/ 5 comments worldnews
- Microsoft Japan’s 3-day weekend boosts worker productivity by 40% https://soranews24.com/2019/11/03/microsoft-japans-experiment-with-3-day-weekend-boosts-worker-productivity-by-40-percent/ 4 comments microsoft
- Microsoft Japan's experiment with 3-day weekend boosts worker productivity by 40 percent https://soranews24.com/2019/11/03/microsoft-japans-experiment-with-3-day-weekend-boosts-worker-productivity-by-40-percent/ 1301 comments technology
- Microsoft Japan's experiment with 3-day weekend boosts worker productivity by 40 percent https://soranews24.com/2019/11/03/microsoft-japans-experiment-with-3-day-weekend-boosts-worker-productivity-by-40-percent/ 31 comments business
- “We will, absolutely, rebuild Shuri Castle” Okinawa governor promises after devastating fire https://soranews24.com/2019/11/02/we-will-absolutely-rebuild-shuri-castle-okinawa-governor-promises-after-devastating-fire/ 41 comments worldnews
- Kyoto Animation arson victim returns to work, calls it “ultimate counterattack” to arsonist https://soranews24.com/2019/08/09/kyoto-animation-arson-victim-returns-to-work-calls-it-ultimate-counterattack-to-arsonist/ 24 comments worldnews
- Out of 144 countries, Japan ranks 142nd in the world for helping strangers https://soranews24.com/2019/07/15/out-of-144-countries-japan-ranks-142nd-in-the-world-for-helping-strangers/ 221 comments worldnews
- Free treatment for Kyoto Animation arson burn victims offered by Japan’s leading cosmetic surgeon https://soranews24.com/2019/07/23/free-treatment-for-kyoto-animation-arson-burn-victims-offered-by-japans-leading-cosmetic-surgeon 3 comments worldnews
- Translator at Japanese marathon under fire for calling African athletes "cute chimpanzees" https://soranews24.com/2019/02/16/translator-at-japanese-marathon-under-fire-for-calling-african-athletes-cute-chimpanzees/ 71 comments worldnews
- AI trained with two hours of human singer data to sing more realistically and less 'robotic.' It doesn't sound 100% realistic to the trained human ear but it's making quite a bit of progress. Artists might feel threatened but will we be able to share the stage with AI without hurting people's liveli http://soranews24.com 11 comments artificial
- Japanese journalist missing since 2015 appears in terrorist video: “Please send help immediately” https://soranews24.com/2018/08/02/japanese-journalist-missing-since-2015-appears-in-terrorist-video-please-send-help-immediately/ 162 comments worldnews
- “Japan’s slowest roller coaster” derails, passengers don’t notice https://soranews24.com/2018/03/25/japans-slowest-roller-coaster-derails-passengers-dont-notice/ 749 comments nottheonion
- Children’s manga apologizes to sumo wrestler for drawing penis on Ghengis Khan’s face https://soranews24.com/2018/02/25/childrens-manga-apologizes-to-sumo-wrestler-for-drawing-penis-on-ghengis-khans-face/ 312 comments nottheonion