April Fools’ Day
Limited-time French fry burger returns after four years, with even more flavour than before.
Edible watches, Nintendo characters and a handy Lego app all make an appearance on this year’s roundup of fantastic news we wish was true today.
But there’s a comical silver lining that has heartbroken fans drying their eyes.
If you guessed the prank is that the model in this picture is actually a man, he makes no secret about that, and the real trick is something else.
Instead he’s been tweeted all over the world for his (partially) convincing transformation into a pretty girl.
What could be a better way to pass the time than singing your favorite songs with your friends?
Our roundup of the country’s craziest April Fool’s Day products and services we actually wish were real.
Previously, this URL contained a SoraNews24 April Fool’s Day article written in 2018, the topic of which was a fictitious “breeding visa program,” in which foreign visitors would be allowed to briefly reside in Japan in order to have babies with locals in order to increase Japan’s birth rate.
Unfortunately, recently rumors have been spreading online that the Japanese government is actually offering breeding visas. To help stop the spread of this mistake, SoraNews24’s ownership has made the decision to remove the original article.
To reiterate, there is no breeding visa program in Japan. There never was a breeding visa program. There isn’t going to be a breeding visa program.
Thank you for your understanding, and for reading SoraNews24.
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