Odakyu Bus Shinjuku Station West Exit – Yomiuri Land (service to be terminated on March 15, 2026) Only one round-trip service will be available on Sundays in June. The bus to “Yomiuriland,” which barely survived and went directly to Shinjuku, officially disappeared without waiting for the June service date. Although it provides direct access to…
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Peach revamps its brand with a new logo in cute adult colors. Oki Sato’s nendo is the design partner.
Peach Aviation announced its brand renewal on March 31. Peach Aviation has invited nendo, led by Oki Sato, as its design partner, and will introduce a new logo on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of its founding. The aircraft will also be switched to a new design by the spring of 2027. The newly…
JR East and JAL to Sell Tohoku/Hakodate Tour at JTB Stores, Offering Coupons in Cooperation with 3 Companies, Shinkansen and Airline Service Arranged in One Package
JR East, JAL, and JTB announced that the three companies will develop a travel product in cooperation to promote three-dimensional tourism in Tohoku and other eastern Japan areas. Three-dimensional tourism is a new travel style that combines multiple modes of mobility (railroads, such as Shinkansen and limited express trains, and airplanes) to create an itinerary….
Tobu Railway to Introduce New Series 1000 Trains Compatible with Automatic Operation in 2027. Equipped with “MIMAMONI,” a device that enables constant measurement.
Tobu Railway will successively introduce 1000 Series trains (6 trains, 12 cars) as new trains for the Kameido and Daishi Lines starting in 2027, and will begin full-scale verification of automatic operation on the Daishi Line in 2028 or later. The concept of the train is “SMART & GATEWAY – Entrance to the Future. Based…
Coleman x BEAMS 50th anniversary collaboration, limited color cooler box/chair/table set, to be released sequentially from April.
Coleman and BEAMS have announced a collaboration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the two companies, a collaboration that has been ongoing since 2010, and this time the items will be available in one of the largest volumes ever. The “Furniture Series” of chairs and tables, which is back for the first time in three…
President Tanaka meets with Mr. Um, CEO of Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) ｜ News & PR
JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Woo Chung Um, CEO of the Global Energy Alliance For People And Planet Llc. (“GEAPP”), at JICA Headquarters on March 30. At the beginning of the meeting, President Tanaka mentioned the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC, to be signed in August 2025) between GEAPP and JICA, and expressed his desire…
Signing of Yen Loan Agreement for Vietnam: Helping Vietnam Achieve Carbon Neutrality and Promote GX, thereby Strengthening Japan-Vietnam Relations ｜ News & PR
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Yen Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the “GX Program Loan for Green Growth and Climate Resilience” on March 30, 2012 in Hanoi, the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Loan Agreement (L/A) was signed by Mr. Tran…
Orange Page commemorates “Suica’s Penguin” in 2026. The first letter book is released today and contains 75 works including new drawings.
Orange Page released “Suica no Penguin Letter Book” on March 31, 2012, A5 size, 160 pages, priced at 1870 yen. Popular picture book author/illustrator, Sakazaki Kichiharu, looks back on the history of “Suica’s Penguin” in this memorial volume based on his popular “Penguin Diary” series, which has been published for about 20 years, as well…
Ueno Zoo to build a “new ride” connecting the West Garden to the East Garden, aiming to begin service at the end of FY2029.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has announced that it will develop a “new vehicle” for transportation within the Ueno Zoological Gardens (9-83 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo), replacing the “Ueno Zoo Monorail” that was in operation until December 2023, in order to improve circulation and ensure safe and comfortable transportation within the zoo. The new ride…
Guidelines for secondary production of the Expo’s legacy “Konyoke” were established. First version of “Co-Creation Design System” available for prior application also released.
On March 30, the Japan Association for the International Exposition, Osaka, Japan, established guidelines for the secondary creation of the design system (EXPO 2025 Design System) for Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai. Only the “ID” (a.k.a. “konjun”), which represents the life of an individual, is subject to this guideline. The design system was created to unify the…