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JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with President Emomali Rakhmon of the Republic of Tajikistan in Tokyo on December 19. At the beginning of the meeting, President Rahmon welcomed the participants to their first meeting in two years and expressed his gratitude for JICA’s cooperation in Tajikistan. In response, President Tanaka expressed his gratitude for the…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tokyo on December 19. At the beginning of the meeting, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev expressed his appreciation for JICA’s cooperation in priority areas such as health, energy, transportation, education, and industrial development, and his expectations for the future expansion of cooperation….

Beltran, in cooperation with EVA Air and the Taiwan Tourism Agency, has launched a joint promotion to promote the attractions of Southern Taiwan (Kaohsiung and Pingtung). EVA Air’s Special Website “Fly EVA Air to Kaohsiung and Pingtung in Southern Taiwan! and proposes new ways to enjoy Taiwan that go beyond Taipei. In addition, a coupon…

SNOWS, a winter-only sweets brand developed by the Hokkaido Confect Group, will open its first POP UP STORE at Haneda Airport Terminal 1 2nd Floor Marketplace Haneda Star Sweets from January 8, 2026. The brand is a sweet that “only appears in winter” due to its commitment to carefully selected Hokkaido ingredients, including “winter pastured…

Odakyu Hakone will introduce its first new train in 14 years, the Type 4000, to the Hakone Tozan Railway in fiscal 2028. The exterior of the building will have a streamlined front shape that offers both a view and softness, and the main color will be the company’s original “Vermillion Hakone,” with a red base…

Takara Leben, a group company of MIRARTH Holdings, will open a new hotel, LEBEN HOTEL KAGOSHIMA AIRPORT (615-2, Kiyahara, Fumotoaza, Mizobe-cho, Kirishima, Kagoshima, etc.) in July 2027, as a reconstruction project of the former Kagoshima Airport Hotel. It will be operated by LEBEN HOTELS. Located about a 9-minute walk from Kagoshima Airport, the former Kagoshima…

reporter Name Affiliation Title Shohei Kashiwagi Deputy Director, Brazil Office Event Summary Date: November 21, 2025 Organized by JICA Venue Name (Pavilion Name)：Agri-Zone speaker Name Affiliation Title SAFTA Seminar “New Signposts for Sustainable Amazonian Agriculture (Part 2)” Shohei Kashiwagi, Deputy Director, JICA Brazil Office Keiichi Alberto Otobata, President, CAMTA Oswaldo Ryohei Katoh, President, CAMTA (Cooperative…

There are approximately 1.3 billion people with disabilities worldwide (about 16% of the world’s population), 80% of whom live in low- and middle-income countries. The employment rate of persons with disabilities remains low, and the gap with non-disabled persons has hardly narrowed in the past decade. Since the 2000s, JICA has been implementing cooperation for…

Recruit Co., Ltd. released the January 2026 issue of its travel information magazine “Hokkaido Jaran” on December 20, 2026. The price is 400 yen. The feature article is “ALL under 1000 yen! 28 Gorgeous Seafood and Meat Donburi” is featured. With the cost of food skyrocketing, the editorial staff picked up rice bowl menus that…

SKYPACK TOURS is running a coupon campaign to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its service to Kobe Airport in its “TASU-TAVISHI” dynamic package that includes airfare and hotel accommodation from Skymark. Coupons for up to 30,000 yen off the price of a trip are available for tours departing from the target airports (New Chitose, Haneda,…