JR Bus Chugoku, Hiroshima Kotsu, and Hiroshima Bus will introduce the ICOCA system as IC card tickets on March 30, 2025. In conjunction with this, each company will begin handling ICOCA at their ticket counters and in their buses, and plans to sell tickets in advance of the introduction of the system. ICOCA has been…
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Hankyu Corporation offers same-day delivery of luggage to hotels for Osaka/Kansai Expo. Within the city from Osaka Umeda Station and Kyoto Kawaramachi Station
Hankyu Corporation will offer same-day baggage delivery service from Osaka Umeda Station and Kyoto Kawaramachi Station to accommodations in Osaka and Kyoto. The service will be offered in conjunction with the Osaka-Kansai Expo and will run from January 15 to October 31, 2025. At Umeda Station in Osaka, the Hankyu Tourist Center Osaka-Umeda will be…
3COINS, Convenient goods for family travel. Desk for children in the car / cloth picture book that makes sounds / plush neck pillow, etc.
3COINS (3COINS) launched travel items for families with children before the year-end and New Year holidays. The items are available at stores nationwide and on the official mail order site. The “Odekake Desk” (1,650 yen) is a desk for children that can be installed in a stroller or car seat. It can be used to…
Partial service suspension on JR Yamanote Line and Keihin Tohoku Line. Due to construction work on the Haneda Airport Access Line
JR East announced that some sections of the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines will be closed from the first train on April 19, 2025 to around midnight on April 20, 2025 due to track switching work to be carried out near Tamachi Station. First train on April 20, 2025 – service suspended around 12:00 p.m. Yamanote…
Three NEXCO Companies Postpone Review of Late-Night Discount to Around July 2025. Rate simulation released.
On December 25, the three NEXCO companies announced that they will postpone the start of operation of the revised late-night expressway discount from around the end of FY2024 to around July 2025. The reason is that it is taking time to develop the system necessary to calculate the fee for driving during the discount-applicable time…
JICA and JP-MIRAI co-hosted a symposium on “What we should do now toward reforming the system for accepting foreign human resources” ｜ News & PR
summary Conference Title: JICA and JP-MIRAI co-hosted symposium “What we should work on now for institutional reform of foreign human resources acceptance”. Date: December 12, 2024 Place: International Conference Hall, JICA Ichigaya Bldg. Main Participants Speakers: Akihiko Tanaka, President, JICA; Shuji Maruyama, Director General, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Carlos Busquets, Vice President of Labor Affairs,…
MHI Signs Yen Loan Agreement with Indonesia: Contributing to the Promotion of the Fisheries Industry through the Improvement and Rehabilitation of Fishing Ports and Markets, and to Sustainable Social and Economic Development of the Region through the Repair and Improvement of Erosion Control Facilities ｜ News & PR
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on December 24, 2012 in Jakarta, Indonesia, for the “Fishing Port and International Fish Market Integrated Development Sector Loan (Phase I)” and the “Volcano Disaster Mitigation Sector Loan”. The Loan Agreement (L/A) was signed for the…
Feel like Cookie Ann at home! Duffy & Friends Wonderful Kitchen” cooking goods are now available!
Tokyo DisneySea will hold the special event “Duffy & Friends Wonderful Kitchen” from January 15 to March 31, 2025. In the new story, Cookie Ann creates a unique pancake dessert with ingredients for a special dish collected by Duffy and his friends, and the “pancake pan” (4,500 yen) and “apron” (3,900 yen) are available to…
Shikoku Drive Pass offers savings on “Nishi Awa” trips. First-come, first-served 1,000-yen coupon for food, drink, and souvenirs.
NEXCO West Japan, Sora no Sato, and the Western Tokushima Prefecture General Civil Affairs Bureau will hold the “Drive Pass to Nishi Awa – Nishi Awa Experience Discount Campaign Joint Project” from January 6 to February 28, 2025. In conjunction with the “Nishi-Awa Experience Discount Campaign” (January 1-February 28), a winter visitor promotion project in…
Koji Inoue’s “Tips for Railway Travel”] Where are the elevators for large luggage and strollers at stations during the year-end and New Year’s holidays? …… Tips for smooth travel during the super-busy season
The end of the year is finally here. The end of the year is finally upon us, and with it comes the great migration of peoples, the rush to return home, and the rush to make a U-turn. I am one of those people who will be traveling in the midst of the rush. Naturally,…