On March 23, 36 representatives of African students who came to Japan in FY2021 through the “ABE Initiative” program (“ABE Initiative Students”) had an exchange with Diet members of the Japan-African Union (AU) Parliamentarians for Friendship, Japanese business people, and experienced JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (OV) who are working in Africa. The event was held…
JCB/American Express and other touch payment services are now available on the Kagoshima Airport Connecting Bus.
NANGOKU KOTSU will accept JCB/American Express/Diners Club/Discover touch payment on Kagoshima Airport connecting buses from April 27. NANGOKU KOTSU has been accepting Visa touch payments to ride the Kagoshima Airport Connecting Bus since April 2022, and now JCB/American Express/Diners Club/Discover touch payments will also be accepted. Available routes are Kagoshima Airport – Kagoshima City, Kagoshima…
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Ekiben Day on April 10, seven types of “Onigiri Ekiben” were released in the JR West Japan area.
JR West Food Service Net and the Japan Railway Yard Sales Central Association will start selling “Onigiri Ekiben” (rice ball station bento) to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of “Ekiben Day” at 11 stores in Osaka and Shin-Osaka stations and other locations on April 10. In honor of “nigiri-meshi,” which is said to…
Shibuya’s highest rooftop bar opens for a limited time. New craft beer that changes color like the sunset sky.
Shibuya Scramble Square (2-24-12, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) will open the rooftop bar “THE ROOF SHIBUYA SKY” at “SHIBUYA SKY,” the highest observation facility in Shibuya at 229 meters, from April 28 to November 30. The “SKY STAGE” rooftop observation floor, where the event will be held, is equipped with sofa seats and standing tables where…
Tokyo Trailer House Show 2023″ to be held at Tokyo Big Sight in May.
The Tokyo Trailer House Show 2023 will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from May 25 to 27. The event, which will be held for the first time, will showcase over 40 trailer houses in eight different themes: “Office,” “Store,” “Rental,” “Public Facility,” “Disaster Relief,” “Glamping & Leisure,” “Chassis,” and “Future Type. Seminars will be…
Golden Week Sale at Mitsui Outlet Parks in Kisarazu, Iruma, Makuhari, Tama Minami-Osawa, and Yokohama Bayside
Mitsui Outlet Park (Mitsui Fudosan Commercial Management Co., Ltd.) will hold a “GW SALE” at five facilities in the Kanto region (Kisarazu, Iruma, Makuhari, Tama Minami-Osawa, and Yokohama Bayside) from April 21 to May 7. A total of approximately 517 stores offer discounts of up to 80% on fashion items, outdoor and sporting goods, interior…
UNIQLO, where you can have fun all day long, is now open in Maebashi. UNIQLO Maebashi Minami Interchange Store to Open on April 21
On April 21, UNIQLO will open the UNIQLO Maebashi Minami Interchange Store near the Maebashi Minami Interchange in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. Kashiwa Sato, who designed the UNIQLO logo, will supervise the store’s architectural design as the total creative director. Under the concept of “UNIQLO LOGO STORE,” the new store will offer a variety of services…
Aeon Retail “Soyora Hamamatsu Nishi-Iba” to open in autumn 2023. AEON Style, a food and health store, will be the core store.
Aeon Retail Co., Ltd. will open Soyora Hamamatsu Nishi-Iba (2300 Nishi-Iba-cho, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture), an Aeon Mall-type shopping center, in the fall of 2023. Located in Ichijo Town Nishi-Iba, a smart town to be created on the former site of the JT Hamamatsu Plant. Based on the concept of eco & sustainability, the…
Making “Baby Star Noodle Letters” in the precincts of Tsukiji Honganji Temple.
Oyatsugu Company will hold a hands-on event to make Baby Star noodle characters during the annual “Hana-Matsuri” event to be held at Tsukiji Honganji Temple (3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) on April 9. This is the 23rd workshop of “Beyond the Common Sense of #Snacks,” planned with the hope of providing a restful time that everyone…
Chancellor Tanaka meets with Vice President Peña of the Dominican Republic
JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Dominican Republic Vice President Raquel Peña in Tokyo on April 4. At the beginning of the meeting, Vice President Peña expressed his appreciation for JICA’s longstanding cooperation in the Dominican Republic and expressed his desire to continue to deepen cooperation between the two countries. Vice President Peña particularly appreciated…