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RocketNews24 reporter extraordinaire Mr. Sato will soon be taking your questions about life, love, Japan, and everything in between.
He’s the cool uncle you always wished you had, and he’ll make it all better soon. Say hello to our newest feature: Ask Mr. Sato.
We’ll be posting the email address you can send your musings and queries to on the website sometime next week, but in the meantime enjoy this teaser video. Doesn’t Mr. Sato look sharp in his suit?
Stay tuned, Rocketeers!
Ask Mr. Sato Episode 2 is here!【Video】
Ask Mr. Sato Episode 1 – Love, Dreams, Cats vs Dogs【Video】
Be Mr. Sato’s online friend, and he might take you to dinner, like he did with these foreign fans
Mr. Sato attempts to conquer mountains of shaved ice at all-you-can-eat event
Mr. Sato asks the police how he can avoid getting hassled by them
McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
Beautiful Sailor Moon manhole cover coasters being given out for free by Tokyo tourist center
Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
Kyoto’s 100 Demons yokai monster parade returns!
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
Mister Donut ready to make hojicha dreams come true in latest collab with Kyoto tea merchant
Hamster abandoned at Tokyo ramen restaurant gets new home
The oldest tunnel in Japan is believed to be haunted, and strange things happen when we go thereMcDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in TokyoMore foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last monthStarbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept
Beautiful new Final Fantasy T-shirt collection on the way from Uniqlo【Photos】
Is the new Shinkansen Train Desk ticket worth it?
Foreign English teachers in Japan pick their favorite Japanese-language phrases【Survey】All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
Japanese convenience store packs a whole bento into an onigiri rice ball
We try out “Chan Ramen”, an underground type of ramen popular in the ramen communityMcDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
Japan’s bone-breaking and record-breaking roller coaster is permanently shutting down
New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
Foreign passenger shoves conductor on one of the last full runs for Japan’s Thunderbird train
Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?
New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty
Kyoto creates new for-tourist buses to address overtourism with higher prices, faster rides
Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitelyMcDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
Japanese cafe lets customers enjoy random flavors of coffee using capsule vending machines
Beep beep! Mr. Sato Car coming through! 【Pics】
Japanese vending machines now sell spicy “drinkable cold ramen,” but how is this chilled fire?
Mr. Sato tries to make himself invisible by wearing mirror paper, creates cool modern art instead
Futuristic drinks stand in Tokyo lets you order cute, personalised beverages from your phone
The Washington Post would like you to meet RocketNews24’s Mr. Sato
A reader asks Mr. Sato to meet in-person, and gives him an unforgettable message
Can Mr. Sato freeze this cooling face mask just by shaking it?【Video】
Tokyo police stopped us for random questioning, so we asked them to recommend a good restaurant
Tokyo’s spicy cod roe ice cream: An unexpected dessert that tastes about like what you’d expect
Mr. Sato returns to the line, waits three nights for an iPhone 11
Mr. Sato divulges the contents of a 2015 Apple Store Lucky Bag–will he get a lame t-shirt again?
The Gentleman’s Cheese Beef Bowl, invented by Mr. Sato
Using Starbucks Japan’s hot water to make ochazuke, one of Japan’s best comfort foods
App that buys your receipts crashes within hours of release due to too many users
Mr. Sato channels his inner Elsa, books a night at a Hokkaido ice hotel 【Photos】
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