Fusosha will release “Moomin Cafe Recipe Book,” a recipe book with Moomin and Little Mii die-cut & stencil sheets, on June 14. The price is 1870 yen. The recipe collection includes a wide range of menu items such as sweets, lattes, hamburgers, etc., which anyone can easily try at home. In addition, as a special…
Month: June 2022
“Lilo & Stitch” 20th anniversary offers
Walt Disney Japan will release a series of items commemorating the 20th anniversary of the release of the movie “Lilo & Stitch” on June 14. The lineup includes jointly planned products with the Hawaiian macadamia nut brand MAUNA LOA and items featuring Stitch dressed as Elvis Presley. The lineup also includes an aloha shirt featuring…
Marriott offers discounts for Michinoeki hotels lodging
Marriott International is selling a set of accommodation vouchers to stay at any of the Fairfield by Marriott Michi-no-Eki hotels nationwide through June 30. Each ticket can be used by up to two persons per night and is priced at 13,200 yen per ticket; sets of two (26,400 yen) and sets of three (39,600 yen)…
Special Advisor Kitaoka meets with President Rajolina of Madagascar
On May 24, JICA Special Advisor Shinichi Kitaoka met with President Ange Nilina Rajolina of the Republic of Madagascar during his visit. Special Advisor Kitaoka mentioned the country’s potential for development due to Madagascar’s hardworking people, and also stated that Japan’s experience in modernization can contribute greatly to solving Madagascar’s development issues. He also introduced…
Special Advisor Kitaoka meets with President Lupin of Mauritius
On May 27, JICA Special Advisor Shinichi Kitaoka met with President Prithviraj Singh Lupin of the Republic of Mauritius during his visit. Special Advisor Kitaoka praised the natural beauty of Mauritius and introduced that he himself was heartbroken when the cargo ship WAKASHIO ran aground and spilled oil in 2020, and that JICA also provided…
Special Advisor Kitaoka meets with Prime Minister Jagnat of Mauritius
On May 27, JICA Special Advisor Shinichi Kitaoka met with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius, Pravin Kumar Jagannath, during his visit to the country. Special Advisor Kitaoka introduced Japan’s response to the stranding and oil spill of the cargo ship WAKASHIO in 2020, the significance of sharing Japan’s modernization experience, and the…
APA Hotel: “Haneda Anamoriinari Ekimae” and “Asakusabashi Ekimae” open in July
APA Hotels & Resorts will open “APA Hotel Haneda Anamoriinari Ekimae” on July 22 and “APA Hotel Asakusabashi Ekimae” on July 29. The company has begun accepting reservations in advance of these openings. APA Hotel Haneda Anamoriinari Ekimae is a one-minute walk from Anamoriinari Station on the Keikyu Airport Line, and APA Hotel Asakusabashi Ekimae…
Solaseed Air 20th anniversary: JPY 12,000 discount for children
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of its service on August 1, Solaseed Air will hold a “Family Support! Special Campaign for Children’s Fares” to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the airline’s launch on August 1. The “Normal Fare for Children” for children aged 3 to 12 years old will be reduced by up to 50%…
Reducing 2 tons of CO2: The lights goes off on 5 bridges in Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway
The Metropolitan Expressway will hold bridge light-downs to reduce CO2 emissions. The dates are June 21 for the “Summer Solstice Light-Down” and July 7 for the “Cool Earth Day Light-Down. Lights will be turned off on five bridges (Rainbow Bridge, Yokohama Bay Bridge, Tsurumi Tsubasa Bridge, Goshiki Sakura Bridge, and Katsushika Harp Bridge) along the…
Narita Airport introduces “cocobo”, a new security robot from SECOM
NAA (Narita International Airport) will install one of SECOM’s new security robots “cocobo” at Terminal 2 for the first time in Japan on June 13 (more units are planned). In addition to the functions of SECOM Robot X2, the company’s autonomous patrol monitoring robot already in use, the robot is equipped with AI and other…