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Bee’s has released the Futon Rider, a human-shaped sleeping bag and snow wear in one, from the DUBSTACK horizontal riding sports brand. The price is open and sells for 29,800 yen on Amazon. In addition to the warmth of a sleeping bag, this garment also features windproof and waterproof fabric with water pressure resistance and…

NEXCO East Japan will conduct system maintenance of toll collection machines at tollgates managed by Kanto Branch Office, Niigata Branch Office, Ibaraki Prefectural Road Public Corporation, and Chiba Prefectural Road Public Corporation. The maintenance will take place from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on November 27 (tentative). Due to this maintenance, credit card payments in the…

One Five Hotels will open a lifestyle hotel, THE KNOT UTSUNOMIYA (3-2-3 Ekimae-dori, Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture), on January 23, 2026. The former Chisun Hotel Utsunomiya, located in front of the west exit of JR Utsunomiya Station, was completely renovated and is the fifth hotel under THE KNOT brand, following Yokohama, Shinjuku, Sapporo, and Hiroshima. The…

Takarajimasya will release the January 2026 extra issue of “MonoMaster” today, November 25. The price is ¥1990. The extra issue comes with a Snoopy glowing BIG blanket. The blanket is made of “luminescence,” which is a light-storing material that makes stored light appear in the dark, and features a full-page design of Snoopy standing on…

The two restaurants introduced here are one from Japan and the other from Canada. The word “elevate” is often used in English, and I feel that they have helped to raise the value of dining in Hawaii and expand the options in the dining out scene. New restaurants opened one after another this fall, mainly…

In early October, in conjunction with a ceremony commemorating the 55th anniversary of JAL’s Guam service, the company actually stayed in the area and visited two hotels of the Premier Hotel Group, which is operated by Ken Real Estate Leasing Co. The company operates six hotels in Guam: Hilton Guam Resort & Spa, Sheraton Laguna…

Japan Airport Building and Tokyo International Airport Terminal have introduced a function that enables a batch cross search of Haneda Airport’s terminal building and surrounding transportation operators in the chat function for inquiring about lost items. This service is implemented in “find chat,” the inquiry chat function of “Lost and Found Cloud find,” and is…

Asamizu Company released a limited quantity of “Suica’s Penguin Dice Cushion” on December 17, 2012 at 12:00 pm. The price is 3850 yen. Reservations will be accepted at the official store “TOY TIME JRE Mall Store,” and shipping will begin sequentially from late February 2026. A square cushion with the faces of Suica penguins and…

Kinokuniya will release a “New Year Happy Bag,” a limited edition corduroy bag filled with popular sweets for the first sale of 2026. The price is 1980 yen, and the quantity is limited. It will be sold in-store only and will not be available at the Daimaru Umeda store or online. The annual New Year…

On December 9, 2025, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), through the “Leading Asia’s Private Infrastructure Fund 2” (LEAP 2) funded by JICA, signed a loan agreement totaling US$35.8 million with Air Niugini Limited (Air Niugini), a national airline operator in Papua New Guinea. On December 9, 2025, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a loan…