Shogakukan has collaborated with outdoor brand CHUMS to create the “Iron CHUMS Fire Pit Black Edition” as a supplement to the December issue of BE-PAL. The price is 1,350 yen. This steel fire pit, decorated with the CHUMS brand logo and the trademark “booby bird” silhouette, is constructed of five planks. It also has an…
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Conducting the 2024 Memorial Ceremony ｜ News & PR
On November 7, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held the 2024 Memorial Ceremony in front of the Monument for International Cooperation at its Ichigaya Headquarters. The ceremony is held every year to commemorate all those who lost their lives in the course of JICA’s projects and to pledge to place the highest priority on…
Establishment of the Verification Committee for the “Metropolitan Area Railway Line 3 Rehabilitation Project,” a yen loan project in the Philippines ｜ News & PR
With regard to the case in which a JICA employee leaked confidential information regarding procurement procedures for the “Metropolitan Area Railway Line 3 Rehabilitation Project,” a yen loan to the Republic of the Philippines, we have decided to establish a verification committee chaired by Attorney Tomomitsu Takashima (former Chief Public Prosecutor of the Nagoya High…
Tokyo Metro x Quiznock, a digital round-the-clock riddle-solving game that takes players to various locations along the Tokyo Metro line to reach the goal.
Tokyo Metro will co-host a circular riddle-solving game, “Mystery Solving Underground Playground,” with baton, operator of QuizKnock, from November 25 to February 28, 2025. The “Riddle Solving Underground Amusement Park” is a digital round-the-clock riddle solving game in which players use their smartphones to solve riddles and conquer games as they travel around various locations…
Which one do you want to drink at DisneySea’s Dazzling Christmas in New York? Check out three limited edition drinks.
Tokyo Disney Resort will hold the special event “Disney Christmas” from November 15 to December 25. At “Dazzling Christmas in New York,” which will be held mainly in the American Waterfront New York area of Tokyo DisneySea, you can enjoy special winter-only drinks. Let us introduce three drinks in special cups. The Sparkling Jelly Drink…
Kyushu and Suruga Fruits Fair” at NEOPASA Suruga Bay Numazu-junction: Kaisen-don (bowls of rice topped with fresh mackerel, yellowtail, fresh shirasu and sakura shrimp)
Mura-no-Eki will hold the “Kyushu and Suruga Fruits Fair” at “Osakana Donburi Restaurant Totomaru Shokudo” (998 Negoya, Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture), a seafood rice bowl restaurant located in the food court of the New Tomei NEOPASA Suruga Bay Numazu Upgrade, starting November 15. In addition to Kyushu-brand Sekisaba mackerel and yellowtail, fresh shirasu (baby sardines) and…
Hikaru Takahashi appeared at the lighting ceremony at TOKYO SKYTREE TOWN. Looking up at the 634-meter-high tree, she said, “The world’s largest Christmas tree!
Tokyo Skytree Town (1-1 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo) held an illumination lighting ceremony on November 7 in conjunction with the “Tokyo Skytree Town Dream Christmas 2024” winter event. The guest was actress/model Hikaru Takahashi, who for the first time this year unveiled the “Staircase Graphical Lighting,” which illuminated both the Soramizaka (Oshiage Station side) and Hanamizaka…
Air Japan to offer up to 100,000 yen cash back for Amex cardholders through January 7
AirJapan is running a cash-back campaign with American Express for up to 100,000 yen. The campaign is valid for purchases made between November 7 and January 7, 2025. If you pre-register through the campaign website, you will receive 5,000 yen for every 60,000 yen spent during the period, up to a maximum of 100,000 yen…
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan Meet with Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) and Japanese American Citizens for Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) who have returned to their home countries ｜ News & PR
On September 26, representatives of the JOCV and Japanese American community JOCV members who returned to Japan were received by Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial Palace, where they reported on their activities in the countries to which they had been dispatched. The meeting between the JOCV members and Their Majesties the…
Keio Electric Railway to test automatic operation on Inokashira Line; to be conducted on a round-trip train from spring 2025
Keio Corporation will conduct a demonstration test of automatic operation on the Inokashira Line starting in the spring of 2025. The purpose of the test is to improve the accuracy of the TASC (Traffic Adjustment System for Stationary Stops) in conjunction with the installation of platform doors, as well as to measure the effects of…