East Japan Railway Company and West Japan Railway Company will operate a special group train, the “Go to Hokuriku for Crab” on February 3, 2024. The train will run on February 3, 2024. The train will run only downbound between Ueno and Kanazawa, with boarding at Ueno, Omiya, and Takasaki stations and alighting at Kurobe-Unazuki…
Month: December 2023
FY2023 (5th) JICA Joint Initiative Platform for Food and Agriculture (JiPFA) Annual Forum Contributing to Food Security through Food Loss Reduction: Examples and Strategies – Contributing to Local Solutions from a Global Perspective ｜ News & Media
Purpose of this Forum The theme of this year’s Forum is “Contribution to Food Security through Reduction of Food Loss”, which is a global problem. The purpose of this forum is to introduce initiatives related to this theme and to contribute to strengthening the network of JiPFA members through discussions on how their knowledge and…
Cospa [Mystery Child] New Goods. Eye Big Towel, Arima Kana licking baking soda Sticker, etc. 8 kinds
Cosma, a company that develops official character goods and other products, announced eight new goods for the “[guess the child]” series. The lineup includes “outdoor stickers (Ai, Ruby, Kana Arima, MEMchou, and Akane Kurokawa),” “Baking Soda Licking Child Genius Mini Sticker Set,” and “Ai 120cm Big Towel. All of these products are scheduled to go…
The Blue Impulse will fly over Ishikawa and Fukui to commemorate the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line. Performances related to Fukui will also be performed at Fukui Station.
The Blue Impulse, an acrobatic team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, will perform a display flight at an event commemorating the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train on March 16, 2024. The Air Self-Defense Force schedule states that the display flights will take place in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Fukui City, Fukui…
Sanwa Supply, clip-on LED work light with up to 1000 lumens/angle adjustment/phone charging
Sanwa Supply has released the LED worklight “800-LED076” on the direct sales website Sanwa Direct. It is priced at 4,800 yen (excluding tax) and measures approximately 154 x 95 x 235 mm (W x D x H). This work light has up to 1000 lumens with 32 LEDs and the brightness can be adjusted in…
Awajiya to release “Kuromi Lunch,” an ekiben in collaboration with Sanrio, on December 13.
Awajiya will release “Kuromi Lunch” (1980 yen), an ekiben featuring the popular Sanrio character Kuromi, on December 13. The company, which celebrates its 120th anniversary this year, developed the product in collaboration with Kuromi, which is extremely popular among Generation Z in Japan and other Asian countries, in the hope that the younger generation and…
This year’s Kanji character is “tax. Announced at Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto, followed by heat, war, and tiger at the top of the list.
On December 12, the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Society (JKAT) announced the “Kanji of the Year” at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, and the kanji representing the year 2023 was “tax” (zei sei/mitsugi), which received 5,976 votes out of 14,878 votes cast nationwide from November 1 to December 6 to take the top spot. The reasons…
Disney Store finally releases Yuko Higuchi’s “Tonsuke Items”! Reservations for in-store visits for purchasers will be accepted from the 13th.
Walt Disney Japan will release new items from December 19 in the third installment of “Disney ARTIST COLLECTION by YUKO HIGUCHI,” a joint project with popular artist Yuko Higuchi at the Disney Store. From December 13, reservations for in-store purchases at actual stores via the Disney Store Club app will begin. To make reservations, you…
Fendi collaborates with dragon-type Pokemon. Small leather goods/bag/accessory, etc. to be released on January 4.
Fendi will launch the FENDI x FRGMT x POKÉMON and FENDI x FRGMT collections, a collaboration between Hiroshi Fujiwara’s Fragment (FRGMT) and dragon-type Pokémon, on January 4, 2024 at limited stores. In addition to items featuring the Fendi “FF” logo and spotlighting the “Caillou,” “Hakliu,” and “Minilieu,” all associated with the Year of the Dragon…
February only! Half-price “Okkudari Tokudari” on Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen trains. Hokuto” is also 40% off!
JR Hokkaido and East Japan Railway will offer the “o-today value special (with boarding ticket)” for the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen trains and the “o-today value (with boarding ticket)” for the “Hokuto” limited express train for use from February 16 to 29, 2024. For the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen trains, all “Hayate” and “Hayabusa” trains…