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Emirates Airlines Narita – Dubai route (from December 20, 2023) Flight EK319: Narita (22:30) to Dubai (05:30) Flight EK318: Dubai (02:55) to Narita (17:20) The renovated A380s have been completely redesigned, including brighter colors in the first and business class cabins. Premium Economy is located forward on the main deck, with 56 seats in a…

Himeji City will hold “Himeji Castle History 30th: Kagami-ka-Suigetsu”, a light-up event under the theme of “Connecting Castle History with Light” as a commemorative project for Himeji Castle, which will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its World Heritage registration in December. The event will run from November 22 to December 11, with a fee of…

Sumitomo Mitsui Card and CCCMK Holdings have changed the conversion rate of SMBC Group common points “V-points” to “T-points” offered by CCCMKHD from 0.8 points to 1 point. Starting October 2, one V-point can be converted to one T-point. The conversion is in units of 500 points. To commemorate this event, a 20% point conversion…

The popular puzzle game “LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum” started an in-game event “Challenges from the Villains” on October 3. In conjunction with the event, new Disney Villains Tsum Tsum Tsum was introduced. Prior to the start of the event, three new characters, “Scar, Schemer of Plots,” “Chernabog, Fiend of the Dark Night,” and “Queen, Empress…

Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd. has expanded the point service of its Standard Card by four points from October 1. Up to 7% points per 200 yen when using smartphone touch payment at participating stores, and 5% points per 200 yen when using card payment at participating convenience stores and restaurants “Up to 7% points…

Candy specialty store Papa Bublé released a premium Disney Villains/Candy Mix (770 yen) featuring the Disney Villains motif. The Villains’ icons and their worldviews are captured in the candy, creating a product full of darkness. Dark Candy in black and vivid colors features Disney Villains. The Wicked Queen motif is a poison apple pattern, and…

On October 2, JAL announced details of its new flagship Airbus A350-1000 aircraft for international flights. The aircraft was originally scheduled to enter service in late November, but due to delays in the delivery of parts and other factors, the schedule has been changed to the end of this year. The route to be served…

Almost a Day, represented by Shigesato Itoi, announced the launch of “yozora,” a camping brand based on the concept of “Restoring Hitori (solitude). In addition to making camping gear, they plan to create a variety of content through collaborations and planning events. The first product is “kohaku,” a tent developed in collaboration with camp gear…

Yamap has officially adopted and fully implemented standardized course times from climbers’ GPS logs in its “Yamap” mountaineering map GPS application and web service. Although the time required to reach a destination is important basic information for climbers, until now there have been no standards or objective indicators for determining course times, so guidebooks and…