Walt Disney Japan will release New Year’s items for the Disney Store on December 6. The new collection “NEW YEAR 2025” focuses on items incorporating Daruma designs. Just by decorating, you can enjoy the festive atmosphere of the New Year. The lineup includes kadomatsu (2,500 yen), plush toy set (2,800 yen), shimekari (3,900 yen), decorative…
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S.RIDE “Year-end Grand Thanks Campaign”. Win a cab fare discount coupon and a Kyubei meal coupon.
S.RIDE will conduct the “Year-End Thanksgiving Campaign” from December 1 to December 31 at 11:59 p.m., where you can win gifts by taking a cab. Riders who use the “S.RIDE” cab app (Android/iOS version) to dispatch a cab and take at least one ride during December will be entered into a drawing to win a…
Minatomirai Line, touch-sensitive payment experiment at all stations. Get on and off by holding up a smartphone/credit card/QR code.
Yokohama Rapid Transit, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, Visa Worldwide Japan, JCB, Nippon Signal, and QUADRAC will conduct a verification experiment of touch-payment boarding service at all stations on the Minatomirai Line from the first departure on December 4. The system utilizes Sumitomo Mitsui Card’s payment platform, “stera transit,” and allows passengers to smoothly get on and…
ANA senior member check-in and security checkpoint at Haneda, a look inside the new
ANA will renew the check-in counters and security checkpoints for senior members at Haneda Airport Terminal 2. ANA SUITE CHECK-IN” for ANA Mileage Club Diamond Service members will open on December 2, “ANA PREMIUM CHECK-IN” for advanced members (Diamond/Platinum/Super Flyers) and premium class passengers (north side) on December 18, and the south side will open…
January 2025 issue of Airline Monthly, featuring a close look at the front lines of professionalism: “It’s Great to Work with Hikoi!
On November 29, Ikaros Shuppan released “Monthly Airline January 2025,” an A4-size, 152-page book priced at 1980 yen. Featuring “Working with Hikoi is Great!” The airline industry is full of jobs that are indispensable for flying passenger planes and welcoming passengers. Pilots and flight attendants work on the front lines of airport terminal buildings and…
An interim event of Mongolia Open Innovation and Co-creation for SDGs (MICS) 2024, an open innovation and co-creation event between Mongolia and Japan, was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. ｜ News & PR
JICA Mongolia Office Director Miyagi delivers opening remarks Pitch by the collaborative project “3D printed custom-fit orthotics for people with movement disorders”. Event Summary Conference name: Mongolia open Innovation and Co-creation for SDGs: MICS-2024 Interim Event Date: Wednesday, November 20, 14:00-17:45 (Mongolian time) Languages: Japanese and Mongolian Organized by: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mongolia…
Year of the Snake” Chinese Zodiac Pooh to be released in 2025! Why don’t you welcome the New Year with festive items from the Disney Store?
Walt Disney Japan will release New Year’s items at the Disney Store on December 6, including the popular annual “ETO POOH 2025” in honor of the Year of the Snake, the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025. The “ETO POOH 2025” collection features a plush doll of Pooh the Bear in his Year of the Snake…
Towel handkerchiefs with Disney Princess patterns from Jill Stuart. Rapunzel/Jasmine/Belle, etc.
Jill Stuart will release a towel handkerchief with a Disney Princess design in late November. Princess Aurora, Cinderella, Belle, Rapunzel, Jasmine, and Ariel are represented with printed appliques and embroidery. The overall design is based on the image colors of each of the princesses. Towel handkerchiefs measure approximately 25 x 25 cm and are priced…
Bandai’s Disney oversized gushers cost 1,000 yen each! 3 kinds of 13cm tall figures that can be opened and displayed as they are: Mickey/Pooh/Ariel
Bandai’s Vendor Division will release “Disney Character/Desktop Figure” (1,000 yen per capsule), a figure that can be used as a display as it is, in Gashapon vending machines nationwide starting the fifth week of November. The figure is 90mm in diameter, the largest in the history of Gashapon, and stands approximately 13cm tall; it is…
Tochigi Prefecture “Winter Tochigi Travel Accommodation Campaign” from December 1. Prizes include coupons worth 100,000 yen.
Tochigi Prefecture will conduct the “Winter Tochigi Travel Accommodation Campaign” as a measure to stimulate demand during the off-season in winter. A total of 125 winners drawn from among those who stay at a hotel or ryokan in Tochigi Prefecture and apply for the campaign will receive prizes such as a 100,000 yen accommodation coupon…