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SoraNews24 is a Tokyo-based news site. In 2008, our sister site, RocketNews24 published its first Japanese-language article, and two years later came the start of our English site, which originally existed exclusively to translate articles from our Japanese colleagues. Over time we’ve expanded the amount of English-language content we produce while maintaining a focus on fun, weird, and intriguing news from Asia, particularly Japan.
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Japanese AV star models the flesh-revealing sweater for a real virgin to test its deadly powers.
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China starts another Twitter war, this time fanning the flames between Japan and American relations.
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