In Brazil, damage from slope disasters such as floods, mudslides, collapses, and landslides has been increasing due to unauthorized land use and urban expansion into areas with high disaster risk associated with recent economic development. To reduce damage, it is important to reduce risk before disaster strikes, and this project follows on from JICA’s efforts…
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Tajikistan Bridge Maintenance Project
Tajikistan is a landlocked country with 93% of its land area mountainous, with no outlet to seaports and underdeveloped air transportation, so 90% of transportation of people and goods is done by land. Therefore, in the country’s transportation sector, the construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of transportation infrastructure is an important development goal. In particular, many…
COVID-19 Crisis Response
The cumulative number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Senegal is 41,725 (1,150 deaths) (as of June 9, 2021, according to the Senegalese Ministry of Health). In Senegal, vaccination is positioned as the top priority in the fight against novel coronaviruses, and vaccination has been initiated. While it is necessary to establish a…
Karnaphuli Waterworks Project
In the country of Bangladesh, both urban and rural areas had inadequate water supply facilities due to lack of capital investment. In Chottogram City, the second largest city in the country, the water supply and sewerage system had a low penetration rate of about 50%, which affected the living environment of residents and was a…
Kona Airport on the Big Island of Hawaii Gets a Surprise Update
Kona Airport Updated! The feeling and experience of landing at the airport is still the same,” said Ross Birch. For travel to the Big Island of Hawaii, JAL has just announced the resumption of Narita-Kona flights in August. The Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport, with its open design and direct off-ramp access to the ground,…
“Tokyo Disney Resort Encore! The Moments Exhibition” at Ikspiari this fall
Oriental Land and Ikspiari will hold an exhibition at the Ikspiari commercial facility in Tokyo Disney Resort, “Tokyo Disney Resort Encore! The Moment Exhibition” will be held in the fall. Five exhibition areas and a store will be set up, focusing on the numerous entertainment programs and special events that have been held at Tokyo…
G-SHOCK revamps its first model DW-5000C
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. will release a model from the MR-G series of G-SHOCK, the first generation DW-5000C model, built as the MR-G. The price is 462,000 yen. or later. Read More G-SHOCK reworked the first model as MR-G, the MRG-B4000BA. t will solve th The band is made of DAT55G, a titanium alloy that…
ATR CEO Bortoli visits Japan for the first time in two years
On June 8, ATR CEO Stefano Bortoli visited Japan for the first time in two years and held a press conference in Tokyo. ATR believes that air transportation is indispensable for domestic travel and logistics in Japan, an archipelago of islands, and expects to have 100 ATR aircraft in operation in Japan in the near…
Park Hyatt Tokyo launches “Motto Tokyo” Stay Plan. Park Deluxe Room with breakfast
Park Hyatt Tokyo will release accommodation plans for “More Tokyo”, a tourism promotion program in Tokyo, on June 10 at 12:00 pm. Eligible stay dates are June 10-30. The applicable plan is “More Tokyo (deluxe, breakfast included),” for example, 55,301 yen for two people in a Park Deluxe Room will be reduced by 10,000 yen…
MESUMU TOKYO launches “Motto Tokyo” accommodation plan
Mesm Tokyo and Autograph Collection have released accommodation plans for the “More Tokyo” tourism promotion program in Tokyo. The dates of stay are from June 10 to July 31. Plans include a special breakfast “Mesm Breakfast”, with “Chapter 1 King/Twin” rooms starting at 56,925 yen and “Chapter 1 Twin Garden View” rooms starting at 69,575…