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reporter Name Affiliation Title Miki Kaminishi Senior Research Officer, Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, Global Environment Department summary Date: November 12, 2025 Organized by ILBANK (ILLER BANK) Name of Venue (Pavilion Name)：Turkey Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Ş. Altuğ TAŞDEMİR Head of International Relations Group Teruyuki Ito Director, Global Environment Division, JICA Rachael BARZA…

reporter Name Affiliation Title Makoto Kanekawa Counselor and Section Chief, Team 3, Urban and Regional Development Group, Social Infrastructure Department summary Date: November 19, 2025 Organizers: United Nations Environment Programme, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), Cool Coalition Name of venue (pavilion name)：Buildings and Cooling Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Chuop Paris Secretary of…

reporter Name Affiliation Title Sayako Kishimoto Global Environment Department summary Date: November 11, 2025 Organized by: Brazilian Ministry of Regional Integration and Development (MIDR) Name of venue (pavilion name)：Brazil Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Teruyuki Ito Director, Global Environment Division Nahuel Arenas Garcia Americas and the Caribbean, Chief, Americas and Caribbean Regional Office, UNDRR Wolnay…

reporter Name Affiliation Title Miki Kaminishi Senior Research Officer, Environmental Management and Climate Change Group, Global Environment Department summary Date: November 11, 2025 Co-organized by UN-Habitat, JICA, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Engineering-X, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Name of venue (pavilion name): SDG Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Asa Jonason Head, UN-Habitat, Global…

reporter Name Affiliation Title Yuki Ura Climate Change LULUCF Sector Mitigation Project (Indonesia) JICA Long-term Expert (Operations Coordination/Sub-Chief Advisor) summary Date: November 12, 2025 Organized by: Ministry of Environment, Indonesia (JICA Technical Cooperation Project Counterpart Organization) Venue (Pavilion Name)：Indonesia Pavilion speaker Name Affiliation Title Mitta Ratna Jwitta Director, Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Measurement, Reporting and…

NTT Urban Development Corporation and Tokyo Electric Power Grid announced that construction of NTT Hibiya Tower (1-1-10 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, etc.) began on December 1. Construction is scheduled to be completed at the end of October 2031. This large-scale complex is being developed in the Naka district of Uchisaiwaicho 1-chome, which consists of the North,…

Rakuten Travel is holding “Rakuten Travel Super SALE” until December 20, 2012, offering great deals on winter and spring travel reservations. In addition to selling many sale plans for hotels and hot spring resorts nationwide, up to 23% off coupons can be applied to hotels affiliated with theme parks. Hotel Keihan Universal Tower (6-2-45 Shimaya,…

JR East Group will preliminarily launch the “local Suica” service in Gunma and Miyagi prefectures in the spring of 2027. This is the third phase of the “Suica Renaissance” project, following walk-through ticket gates and the “teppay” code payment service. By linking Mobile Suica with My Number Card, it will provide locally-optimized MaaS and lifestyle…

JAL will gradually renovate lounges, first class and JGC (JAL Global Club) exclusive facilities for domestic flights at Haneda Airport Terminal 1 starting in January 2026. The Diamond Premier Lounge and Sakura Lounge will be temporarily closed in the North Wing starting January 13, 2026 and scheduled to open in October. The South Wing will…

ANA will renew its “Domestic Fares” for boarding on May 19, 2026. In conjunction with the renewal, the “Domestic Fare Sale” will also be renewed, and a time sale will begin at midnight on December 17, 2012. With the new domestic sale fares, you can select your seat 24 hours prior to departure and check…