TIME OUT
 
We’re all massive fans of affordable furniture. Stylish designer pieces and exquisite leather craftsmanship aside, we live for Ikea and how their showrooms are both functional but still insanely good-looking.
Enter Nitori, a new Japanese furniture brand that has made it to the fourth f...

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TIME OUT
 
Prices of essentials like bread, pasta and toilet paper will be higher due to rising cost of raw materials
April is the start of the new financial year in Japan, and with that comes a bump to the cost of goods. Japan will now face increased prices of daily essentials due to the rising ...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Fashion is a great tool of self-expression, but it’s not always accessible for people with disabilities, illnesses, and injuries.
Since a lot of clothes can be hard to put on when your mobility is limited, there are very few clothes available, and a lot of disabled people, especiall...

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SORA NEWS
 
Okayama branch has more to say than just goodbye.
Running a Pokémon specialty shop in Japan seems like about the surest recipe for success you could come up with, and over the years fans have made a lot of happy memories at the Pokémon Store in Okayama City’s Aeon Mall.
Sure, it may n...

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SORA NEWS
 
A specially constructed mask designed for use in all kinds of public bathing facilities.
It comes as no surprise that visitors to onsen hot springs and other bathing facilities like public baths, spas, and saunas, have dramatically decreased during the past year of the pandemic.
Even ...

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SORA NEWS
 
Japan’s most beloved cheap and cheerful fashion brands are taking another step to reduce damage to the planet.
Pressure is mounting for companies to take action against climate change, and Japan has always been at the forefront of these efforts.
From developing an eco-friendly urban v...

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SORA NEWS
 
Say goodbye to your New Year’s resolution to eat less ice cream!
Happy New Year! If you’re anything like us at SoraNews24, you’ve spent the winter holidays vegging out, eating anything and everything you can lay your hands on. You might be trying to shift that winter weight, but if yo...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Anyone with an Instagram or YouTube account can become a celebrity these days. And sometimes you don’t even need to be human.
In fact, Japan has something of a tradition of turning animals into famous pop culture figures. This is especially the case with cats, such as Maru the YouT...

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SORA NEWS
 
You can take home the magic of Hogwarts with you right from Osaka.
We know there are a lot of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts fans in Osaka thanks to Universal Studios Japan’s Harry Potter World, but now you can enjoy that fandom outside of USJ and the Wizarding World Cafe.
House of...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Back in 2015, we wrote about the Meisho Movie Realization Teppo Ashigaru Sandtrooper figures that were an awesome combination of Japanese history and Star Wars.
Bandai’s Tamashii Nations line of figures has continued to develop this intricately detailed and novel Meisho Movie Reali...

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