Category: Japan

On January 23, Anchor Japan began installing smartphone charging cables in Nippon Kotsu and other cab fleets. The company will start with approximately 500 vehicles and expand to approximately 4,000 vehicles by around March. The target vehicles include Toyota’s JPN TAXI. The cable to be installed is the Anker PowerLine II 3-in-1 cable (cable length…

Planex Communications will release a new hotel router model “Chibi Phi 4” (MZK-DP300N) in late January, which can convert wired LAN to wireless LAN in hotels and other lodging locations. The price is around 4,000 yen. The previous model (Chibi Phi 3) supported a maximum speed of 150 Mbps, but the new model has increased…

Matsuya will hold a limited time Moomin store “MOOMIN GINZA SELECTION” at “Space of Ginza” on the 1st floor of Matsuya Ginza. The period is from January 25 to 31. The company will offer high-quality, wonderful Moomin items that will be a “reward” to yourself, your precious family and friends who are always working hard…

From “COCO CAMP HOKKAIDO,” an event to enjoy camping with Fujimura D of Hokkaido Television Broadcasting (HTB)’s “Suiyodo-Douzu,” “Anaaki 291 (difficult) waist blanket” will be released in limited quantities on January 27. The price is 6,600 yen. The surface is made of cotton fabric to prevent holes even if fire sparks fly, and the back…

Seibu Railway will begin operation of the “Seibu Railway 110th Anniversary Commemorative Train” on January 24. Seibu Railway’s 110th anniversary commemorative train is a 2000 Series 2069 train with a new paint color modeled after Musashino Railway’s representative train, the “Deha 5560”. It is scheduled to operate on the Ikebukuro, Toshima, Sayama, and Seibu-Chichibu lines….

In December 2022, France’s largest Japanese film festival “KINOTAYO” (Kinotayo) was held. kinotayo began in 2006 with the aim of promoting contemporary Japanese cinema in France, and this year marks its 16th edition. The main venue is the Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris, located near the Eiffel Tower. I look forward to…

Yama-Keikan-Sha, in cooperation with Nankai Railway and the Hashimoto-Ito Wide-area Tourism Council, will conduct the “Koya Pilgrimage Road Stamp Rally” from January 21 to October 31 using the “Yamasta” mountain stamp rally application. The Koya Pilgrimage Routes, which people walked as they prayed to reach Koyasan, the sacred site of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism at an…

On January 20, JAL and JTA held a ceremony to send out “Japan’s earliest cherry blossoms” and displayed them at counters and lounges at 23 airports across Japan where the JAL Group operates. The 45th Motobu Yaedake Cherry Blossom Festival will be held from January 21 in Motobu Town, Okinawa Prefecture, and the Ryukyu Kanhizakura…

The Japan Meteorological Agency, the Japan Weather Association, and Weathernews are calling for precautions against snow accumulation and temperature drops as strong cold air is expected to enter the Japanese archipelago this weekend and into next week, possibly bringing the coldest winter wave of the year. Especially around the 23rd, a south coast low pressure…

Three NEXCO companies, Metropolitan Expressway Company, Hanshin Expressway Company, and JB Honshin Expressway Company have revised the conditions of use of ETC personal cards to make them easier to use as part of their efforts to promote the spread of ETC. ETC Personal Card is a service that allows customers to use ETC without a…