Sun Meadows Kiyosato Highland Park will begin operating its newest attraction, G-KART, on July 16. This hands-on attraction, in which riders race down an incline under their own machine control, will utilize a ski slope at an elevation of 1,700 meters. Two courses, a “beginner course” for beginners and an “advanced course” for experts, are…
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Weathernews expects “Extreme Heat” 2022. Hotter-than-normal summer nationwide
Weathernews released its “Extreme Heat View 2022. Summer (July-September) 2022 temperatures are expected to be above normal over a wide area. Okinawa will be near to above normal, while western to northern Japan will be above normal. The heat is expected to peak in the second half of July and August, and the timing of…
Korean Air resumes Haneda-Kimpo (Seoul) route
Korean Air will begin service on the Haneda-Kimpo (Seoul) route on June 29. The Haneda route is the first in two years and four months since the spread of the new coronavirus. 4 daily round-trip flights had been operated to Gimhae Airport three times daily and to Incheon (Seoul) Airport once daily prior to March…
Vice President Yamada speaks at TICAD 8 Preview Symposium hosted by Nikkei Inc
JICA Vice President Junichi Yamada delivered a lecture titled “Africa and Japan under Complex Crises: Toward TICAD8” at the TICAD8 Preview Symposium “New Trends in African Business: Diverse Approaches and Keys to Success” organized by Nikkei BP and Nikkei Inc. on June 22. For the lecture information, please click the link below (link to Nihon…
Yokosuka City x Monster Rise: Sun Break Collaboration
Yokosuka City will hold a collaborative event with the game “Monster Hunter Rise: Sun Break,” released on June 30, from July 1 to August 31. Explore Yokosuka City and search for monsters that have appeared in various parts of the city! and hold various events under the concept of “Explore Yokosuka City and search for…
ZIPAIR to operate daily Narita-Incheon route from July
ZIPAIR Tokyo will increase the number of daily flights on its Narita-Incheon route. The service period is from July 4 to October 29. One-way fares from Narita start at 30,000 yen for a ZIP Full-Flat seat, 8,000 yen for a Standard seat, and 3,000 yen for a U6 Standard seat for children under 6 years…
New socks from Famima: fluorescent green/fluorescent orange
FamilyMart will sequentially release seven new products from its original “Convenience Wear” brand, including “Line Socks” in new colors, “Imabari Towel Handkerchief” and “Rain Poncho”. The new color of the “Line Socks” (429 yen) is a fluorescent line with strong coloration. Two types, fluorescent green and fluorescent orange, will be available. The new “Imabari Towel…
airplane transforms to a vacuum cleaner: MHI to Reuse Composite Wing from Boeing 787
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will start an initiative to recycle the waste material from the manufacturing process of composite main wings for the Boeing 787 aircraft into home appliance parts. Carbon fiber composite materials generated during the production of the main wings are recycled and reused as pipe and handle parts…
KATE to sell a non-woven masks. Nose and cheek shade and face line shade
Kanebo Cosmetics’ makeup brand KATE is selling the brand’s first non-woven mask, Kate Mask F, in limited quantities. The mask is designed with a color-shadow magic design of nose and cheek shade and face line shade to create a sharp and three-dimensional impression of a small face. In addition, the nose fitter fits securely to…
Korean Air to Resume New Chitose-Incheon Route on July 17
Korean Air will operate the Shin-Chitose (Sapporo) – Incheon (Seoul) route twice a week starting July 17. After two years and four months, this will be the first scheduled international flight to/from New Chitose Airport since Corona. Currently, the company operates Japan-Korea routes from Narita to Incheon, Kansai International Airport to Incheon, Centrair to Incheon,…