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Asia’s Most Attended* Theme Park,
Universal Studios Japan Wins
Industry’s Highest Honor:
The Prestigious “2025 Applause Award”

QR code payment now accepted
at the WEB Ticket Store,
and sales at ticket booths to be discontinued.

It's happened!
The most villainous amped-up mayhem is here!
MINION PARK AREA EXPANDS!
Don’t Hold Back,“Go For It!”
at Exhilarating New Interactive Attraction
Illumination’s Villain-Con Minion Blast
In MINION PARK at UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN
is set to Open SUMMER 2025
Area expansion celebrated
by about 300 Minion fans

Universal Studios Japan
Ticket purchase period change during Osaka Expo

A New Super Adventure Experience
with the Straw Hat Pirates Begins!
ONE PIECE PREMIER SUMMER 2025
Create lasting memories of this summer
at 3 pirate worlds!

JAPANESE ENTERTAINMENT HAS NO LIMIT!
UNIVERSAL COOL JAPAN 2025
– Third Wave of Announcements
POPULAR ANIME SPY×FAMILY
RETURNS AFTER 2 YEARS
RACE THROUGH AN ULTRA-REALISTIC SPY WORLD
WITH THE FORGER FAMILY!
Introducing the first-ever VR coaster
in the series’ history:"SPY×FAMILY XR Ride"

Japanese Entertainment is NO LIMIT!
PHASE TWO OF
“UNIVERSAL COOL JAPAN 2025” REVEALED
First-ever Collaboration
with Hit Animation Series!
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN
× The Apothecary Diaries
Join “Maomao” and “Jinshi”
in a Super Real Experience!!

Universal Studios Japan Announces
Upcoming Leadership Change,
Effective June 1, 2025

THE WORLD’S FIRST*1 DONKEY KONG COUNTRY™
AREA IN SUPER NINTENDO WORLD™ IS NOW OPEN
AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN
Guests let their instincts PLAY WILD in the new themed area

SUPER NINTENDO WORLD™ EXPANSION
NEW “DONKEY KONG COUNTRY™” AREA OPENS TOMORROW! Nintendo Representative Director & Fellow Shigeru Miyamoto, Park Super Fan Haruka Fukuhara, and Representatives from Universal Studios Gather to Celebrate on Eve of Grand Opening
GRAND OPENING EVE PARTY
Tuesday December 10th, 2024

“SUPER NINTENDO WORLD™” AREA EXPANSION World’s First*1 Area Featuring Donkey Kong “DONKEY KONG COUNTRY™” Officially Opens on December 11, 2024! Special preview of select areas of the iconic “The Golden Temple” and New Ride Attraction held today!

Japanese Entertainment has NO LIMIT! UNIVERSAL COOL JAPAN 2025 Immerse Yourself in Super Impactful, Super Realistic Experiences at the Event’s 10th Anniversary in 2025!! Kicking off this year’s lineup are two of Japan’s most popular mystery series!
▶ Step into Keigo Higashino’s Masquerade series like never before in a first-time collaboration with the park!
▶ Unleash your inner detective and hunt down the true culprit in our super exciting “Extreme Deduction” experience: Detective Conan: The World.

BE BLOWN AWAY BY AN UNPREDICTABLE DAY & NIGHT HALLOWEEN EVENT 2024!
Leap into a vortex of terror and overcome your horror of “SCARY-FUN” EXPERIENCES!
Plus, dance and sing with Pokémon & other characters in Super Wild experiences!
Starting Thursday September 5th, 2024

BE IMMERSED IN THE WORLD OF “KIMETSU” WITH ALL NEW VERSIONS OF 2 MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS
Enter the center of epic battle with “Tanjiro Kamado”, “Tokito Muichiro”, & “Kanroji Mitsuri” in Super Realistic intense fighting!!
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba XR Ride — Race to Swordsmith Village” Experience Hashira training in Super Thrilling Experience as new recruit in “Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc x Hollywood Dream - The Ride” Only from Friday July 19th, 2024, to Sunday January 5th, 2025

Universal Studios Japan Donates for the recent Taiwan Earthquake - Support disaster areas and people in Taiwan -

Notice of Opening Date Change for “Donkey Kong Country”

Conan, Kid the Phantom Thief and Toru Amuro unfold in this super exciting Neo-Dimension Theater
『Detective Conan 4-D Live Show: Jewel Under the Starry Sky』 featuring authentic action, 3D imagery on a giant screen and special effects in breathtaking theater-style live entertainment Opening on Friday, March 22, 2024

Universal Studios Japan sends Donations
for the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake
- In cooperation with Osaka Prefecture, sends relief supplies to the disaster areas -

Universal Studios Japan Donates
for the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake
- In Cooperation with Osaka Prefecture to support disaster areas and people -