summary Date: October 2, 2024 Co-organizers: JICA, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) Location: JICA Takebashi Meeting Room and online (hybrid event) Main Participants Opening Remarks: Naoki Ando, Director, JICA Keynote Speech: Nardos Bekele-Thomas, Secretary of AUDA-NEPA Amin Idris Adom, Director, Trade, Connectivity and Infrastructure, AUDA-NEPAD Outline of TICAD 30th Anniversary Draft Report Naoki Yanase, Director,…
Month: October 2024
JAL’s “JAL STEAM SCHOOL,” a hands-on educational program, is combined with a factory tour to provide fun for adults as well.
JAL will revamp its hands-on educational program “JAL STEAM SCHOOL” to include a factory tour starting October 19, and will hold the program on a regular basis. The fee is 1,500 yen, and the program is limited to 20 participants, ranging from first grade elementary school students to adults. The first event will be held…
Duffy and Stella Rue in Kimono! Duffy and Stella Rue’s “Collection Dolls” are now on sale!
Tokyo DisneySea will release Duffy and Stella Rue “Collection Dolls” on November 2. The price is 13,000 yen. Duffy and Stella Rue are dressed in kimonos, a perfect way to celebrate the beginning of the year 2025, and come as a set of two. A small feather board is also included. Both characters are dressed…
Japan Travel Agency, Enjoy Seasonal Gourmet in Hokuriku. One-day/one-night Kanazawa tour with a special course served by the famous Japanese restaurant “San-i-Ryo-Ryo-Ron”.
Nippon Travel Agency has launched a special tour in Kanazawa, offering a special course at the famous Japanese restaurant “Ban-Yon-Ryo-Ryo” in Ebisu, Tokyo. The event is part of the Hokuriku Destination Campaign to be held from October to December by the JR Group and the three Hokuriku prefectures (Ishikawa, Toyama, and Fukui), and “Yanno Ryoron…
Announced details of merchandise and menu for “Duffy & Friends’ Dancing Snowflakes!
Everyone is going to dance lessons together! New items for lessons are now on sale! In the new story set on Cape Cod, where winter has arrived, the story revolves around Stellar Rue, Leena Belle and Duffy. The story centers on Stellar Rue, Leena Belle, and Duffy. The story shows how Duffy reaches out to…
Tokyo Station Hotel to Host First Collaboration Room in Japan with Long-established British Brand “LIBERTY” and Afternoon Tea with Limited Edition Pouch
Tokyo Station Hotel (1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will celebrate its 110th anniversary in November 2025 by collaborating with LIBERTY, a famous long-established department store in London. The centerpiece of the project is the first concept room in a Japanese hotel surrounded by beautiful LIBERTY fabrics. The two rooms will be decorated with LIBERTY wallpaper, curtains,…
Studio Tour Tokyo, Christmas goods are now available. The “Hedwig” warm clothes from Harry Potter’s “Owl” can be used by the whole family!
Studio Tour Tokyo Making of Harry Potter (1-1-7 Kasuga-cho, Nerima-ku, Tokyo) will hold a special Christmas season program, Hogwarts in the Snow, from November 9 to January 5, 2025. This year’s theme is “Gingerbread Christmas,” and the lineup includes warm and cozy apparel featuring Harry’s owl “Hedwig,” socks to share with friends, cute magical animals…
Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten’s first hands-on event including fermented lemon koji making/seasoning lecture/interior design lesson. Held at Hankyu Umeda main store for 6 days only.
Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten will hold its first hands-on event, “6-Day Housekeeping School,” from November 6 to 11 at the Hankyu Umeda Main Store 9th Floor Festival Plaza (8-7 Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture). The event consists of 11 different workshops, a living tool market, and a talk event. Reservations for the workshops must be…
Jackery’s 1070Wh portable power supply + solar panel set at 40% off to approx.
Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a time sale on the Jackery “Solar Generator 1000 New”. Normally 174,600 yen, it is 40% off at 104,760 yen at the time of writing. Jackery Portable Power Supply 1000 New and a 100W SolarSaga 100W solar panel. Portable Power Supply 1000 New has a capacity of 1070 Wh and…
Ghibli Park, short film from December is “Mei to Koneko Bus”; December admission goes on sale October 10 at 2:00 p.m.
Ghibli Park (1533-1, Ibarakemawarima Otsu, Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture) updated its winter update on October 9, 2012. The short animated films produced by Studio Ghibli are being screened at the Orionza video exhibition room, and the film from December 14 to January 31, 2025 will be “Mei to Koneko Bus” (2002, approx. 14 min.) directed…