JR East and JR East Trading will release a calendar featuring photos taken by JR East employees on September 21. The price is 2,200 yen. The calendars feature scenes that employees have photographed that are not usually seen, such as scenes inside the rolling stock center, cars that have already been retired, and unusual lines…
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Special Advisor Kitaoka contributes to Shinchosha’s Foresight
Shinichi Kitaoka, Special Advisor to JICA, contributed to “Friendship and Cooperation in the Indian Ocean – Madagascar and Mauritius (Top),” which appeared in “New Japanese Frontiers” in Shinchosha Foresight (August 23, 2022). © Source JICA Read More Auto Amazon Links: No products found.Auto Amazon Links: No products found.
JAL introduces New fuel-efficient aircraft and code-sharing flights for 2022 Winter
On August 23, JAL Group announced its basic flight plan for domestic flights in the winter season of FY2022. The plan covers the period from October 30 to March 25, 2023. First, as part of the JAL Group’s efforts to upgrade to fuel-efficient aircraft, devise new operations, and utilize SAF (Sustainable Alternative Fuel), some flights…
ANA and Peach revise their air transportation plans for the 2022h2.
ANA plans to increase, suspend, or reduce the number of flights on some domestic routes in consideration of demand trends and the competitive environment. In addition, ANA will operate the Sendai-Okinawa route operated by Peach during the second half of the year, and all Peach domestic flights will be available for purchase via ANA’s website…
New Generation Attraction Facility “Gyro Ride Park” Opens for Off-Road Riding in Nasu
Life Base Camp will hold the grand opening of Gyro Ride Park (178-4 Toda, Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture), a boarding mobility board attraction facility that takes advantage of the great outdoors, on August 26. GYRO-RIDE is a new generation of passenger mobility board with outstanding mobility. It is easy to operate and allows people of any…
The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8)
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will seize the opportunity of The Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8), to be held in Tunisia from August 27 to 28 this month, to discuss the state of African development under the complex crises with domestic and international partners. We will host 24 online side…
Learning from Hiroshima’s Experience to Establish Peace in Northeastern Nigeria
From August 8 to 12, 2022, JICA, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), invited the Governor of Borno-Yobe State, the Secretary of the Northeast Development Commission, and 12 others who are leading reconstruction and peacebuilding efforts in the Northeast region to Japan. After paying a courtesy call on the Nigeria-Japan Parliamentarians for…
One-day collaboration event at Northern Horse Park and Shiroi Koibito Park. Feeding and petting experience
On September 11, Northern Horse Park will hold a one-day collaboration event at Shiroi Koibito Park. On the day of the event, ponies from the “Happy Pony Show” attraction at the Northern Horse Park, including “Chichi,” a pony that has been recognized for his soccer skills and is a member of Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, will…
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles masks on sale at S-PAL Sendai and other stores. A must-have for Eagles fans.
Rakuten Baseball Team has released “Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Mask, Ordinary (30 sheets)” (1,480 yen). It will be available at Rakuten Eagles Online Shop and Rakuten Eagles Goods Shop. The non-woven fabric mask from the official top sponsor, Iris Oyama, uses the team color “Crimson Red” and the “EAGLES” logo is printed on the lower…
HOTEL R9 The Yard Kaizu, a container hotel that will serve as a disaster prevention base, will open in April 2023.
Develop will open a container hotel, HOTEL R9 The Yard Kaizu (557-1 Imao, Hirata-cho, Kaizu, Gifu Prefecture), in April 2023. Kaizu City is located in the southernmost part of Gifu Prefecture, adjacent to Mie and Aichi Prefectures. Known as a city that nurtures water, greenery, and culture, it is also a thriving agricultural area due…