The nine companies of the Gran Green Osaka developer JV, led by Mitsubishi Estate, announced that the Umekita Forest, which is being developed within Gran Green Osaka, a town in the area north of JR Osaka Station, will open on November 20. Umekita-no-mori is a nature-rich area that occupies approximately 9,000m2 of the approximately 10,000m2…

JR Tokai and JR West will operate the GW Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen “Nozomi” bullet train with all seats reserved. The period covered this year is from April 24 to May 6. In order to allow more travelers to make reservations and be seated during major holidays (GW, Obon, SW, year-end and New Year holidays)…

April 23, 2026 Based on a request from the Government of the Republic of the Philippines to the Government of Japan, JICA dispatched a team of experts from the Japan Disaster Relief teams to respond to a fire at a sanitary landfill facility in Navotas City. record Departure of the International Emergency Relief Team of…

Tokyo DisneySea will release new merchandise for “Duffy & Friends’ Wonders by Your Side” on June 2. The design features Duffy and his friends finding a little happiness. The lineup includes items with phrases of Duffy and his friends who are positive no matter what the weather is like. The lineup includes a pouch (2,300…

Heso Productions will release a black Myakmyak “flocky figure” as an EXPO 2025 officially licensed product in late April. Priced at 1,100 yen per piece. There are a total of five different poses, including sitting, lying down, and gut poses, with a secret specification that lets you choose which pose you would like to see….

Miyoshino Honten, which has been selling boxed lunches since Okayama Station opened in March 1981 (Meiji 24), released “Tokujo Matsuri Zushi” in March to commemorate the 135th anniversary of the start of ekiben sales. It is said to be a reissue of the “Miyoshino Tokkyo Matsuri Zushi” that was once sold at Okayama Station, and…

Almost Day will open “Almost Station AKAGI” (Mt. Akagi Torii Pass, Fujimi-cho, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture) on April 24 at Torii Pass, the summit area of Mt. A preview was held the day before. Almost Nichi” is the original abbreviation for “Almost Nikkan Itoi Shimbun,” the website run by copywriter Shigesato Itoi, and is used…

Disney Store announced that it will open a new store, Disney Store Futako-Tamagawa Rise S.C. Store, on May 27. In conjunction with the opening at Futakotamagawa Rise Shopping Center (2-21-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo), the store will release 11 limited items. A campaign to commemorate the opening will also be held at the same time. The…

Ryohin Keikaku, which operates MUJI, will hold its first “GOOD POINT WEEK” campaign from April 29 to May 6, 2012, offering 5X points exclusively to MUJI members. MUJI GOOD PROGRAM, MUJI’s membership program, offers 5 times the normal point redemption rate. The breakdown of the points awarded is 1x regular points + 4x campaign points,…

Toyoko Inn will open Toyoko INN Hamamatsu Station South Exit (329-4 Sunayama-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture) on April 25. Located a 3-minute walk from the south exit of the station, the hotel has 284 guest rooms. The hotel will offer single rooms (128), economy double rooms (91), wide-space single rooms (26), premium plus room…