Ginza Onderella, operated by ONODERA Food Service, will open Kaiten Sushi Ginza Onderella Hawaii (2700 S King St,Honolulu HI 96826) in February 2024, the first overseas store of the conveyor-belt sushi business. Located on King Street, one of the main streets in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, and known as a gourmet street for locals and tourists,…
Tokyu Hotels & Kanro “Hoshifuri Ramune” collaboration room & menu to enjoy the star-filled sky
Tokyu Hotels will offer collaboration rooms and collaborative menus with Kanro “Hoshifuri Ramune” at four resort hotels where you can enjoy a star-filled sky. The target facilities are Shimoda Tokyu Hotel, Miyakojima Tokyu Hotel & Resorts, Izu Imaihama Tokyu Hotel, and Hakuba Tokyu Hotel. In Shimoda and Miyakojima, collaboration rooms decorated with lanterns made from…
JR East conducts demonstration test of a free ticket that can be used by touching the ticket gate with a smartphone. Passengers can board and disembark directly from outside the free area.
JR East will conduct a demonstration experiment of a free pass that can be used by touching a mobile Suica automatic ticket gate on the “Tabi-CONNECT” MaaS platform. Unlike the free passes previously sold through Tabi-CONNECT, the pass allows users to enter and exit stations equipped with Suica-compatible ticket gates by simply touching their Mobile…
Imabari Towel with “Kanashiki Fat Cat. Collaboration between a fairy tale from Ehime and a local towel brand.
The Fat Cat Lab Limited Liability Partnership (within Ehime Shimbun) has released “MARU Light Towel”, a collaboration of Imabari towel “MOKU Light Towel” and a creative children’s story “Kanashiki Fat Cat-chan”. The price is 1,300 yen per piece. Ehime Shimbun 47 stores will carry them. MOKU Light Towel is a towel brand developed by a…
Accor to open Hotel Sosei Sapporo M Gallery on January 30, 2024, with the atmosphere of a Meiji Era Kaitakushi residence. 15-minute walk from Sapporo Station.
Accor and Sapporo Real Estate Development will open Hotel Sousei Sapporo M Gallery (Kita 2-jo Higashi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido) on January 30, 2024. The hotel will have one basement floor and six floors above ground, with a total of 118 guest rooms. The hotel is located approximately 15 minutes on foot from JR Sapporo…
Business collaboration agreement signed with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat – Contributing to improving the trade environment and fostering industry development ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a business cooperation agreement with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat on December 5. The signature was exchanged at JICA Headquarters in Tokyo between JICA President Akihiko Tanaka and AfCFTA Secretary General Wamkele Menneh. The AfCFTA is an initiative that aims to eliminate tariffs among African…
Support through LEAP, a JICA-funded trust fund (Overseas Investment and Loan): Loan for Telecommunication Infrastructure Development Project in Southern Philippines ｜ News & Media
On December 7, 2022, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), utilizing the Asian Infrastructure Partnership Trust Fund (LEAP) funded by JICA, signed a loan agreement with Tiger Infrastructure Philippines Inc (Tiger), a private telecommunications operator in the Philippines, for a total of (Tiger), a private telecommunications operator in the Philippines, on December 7, 2022. Of this…
Marubeni Corporation Signs Yen Loan Agreement with Jordan: Contributing to the Realization of Sustainable and Stable Electricity Supply through Financial Assistance ｜ News / Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) of up to 15 billion yen with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the “Electricity Sector Reform and Resilience Enhancement Program Loan” in Amman on December 8. This project aims to promote renewable energy and strengthen energy resilience by providing financial support to the…
Signing of Minutes of Development Plan Study-type Technical Cooperation Discussion for Cambodia: Contributing to the Improvement of Access to Safe Water through the Formulation of Project Development Guidelines for Water Supply throughout Cambodia ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Royal Government of Cambodia on January 12 in Phnom Penh on the “National Water Supply Project Planning Project,” a development program study-type technical cooperation. Access to safe water in rural Cambodia remains low. Apart from the two water supply public corporations…
Only 500 days to go until the opening of Expo ’70 Osaka! Admission tickets go on sale today! Early purchase discounts available!
The Japan Association for the International Exposition, 2025, will begin selling admission tickets for the Japan International Exposition, 2025 (Osaka-Kansai Expo) today, November 30. The Osaka-Kansai Expo will be held from April 13 to October 13, 2025. In order to attract more people, including children, to the Expo, a variety of ticket types are available,…