Category: Japan

Emirates Airlines held a special event and exhibition in Dubai on November 27 to officially unveil the first Airbus A350-900, the newest addition to its fleet. The new A350 will feature 32 next-generation business class seats with lie-flat seats, 21 premium economy class seats, and 259 spacious inter-seat economy class seats, for a total of…

OWNDAYS will sell the OWNDAYS x HUAWEI Eyewear 2, a collaboration product from Huawei Japan, for a limited time from November 28 to December 25 at a discount of 8,000 yen. The smart audio glasses, which allow users to listen to music and make calls, are priced at 29,800 yen, compared to the regular price…

JR West will begin operating the Sanyo Shinkansen in the spring of 2025 with originally designed trains that express the world of “ONE PIECE” written by Eiichiro Oda. Under the concept of “Now, to the Grand Rail,” a total of three trains will be introduced to promote the attractions of the areas along the Sanyo…

Hakuhodo i-studio, HYTEK, and Canon Marketing Japan will hold a hands-on collaborative exhibition “SELPHY x Selfie Exhibition” at Shibuya Modi 1st floor (1-21-3 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo). The exhibition will run from November 28 to December 1, 2012, and admission is free. The “Canon SELPHY” series and an experimental selfie device will be exhibited, including the…

Grapestone will release “Koala’s March Tokyo Banana ‘I found it’”, the first collaboration between Tokyo Banana and Lotte’s Koala March, at “Tokyo Okashi Land” in Tokyo Station Ichibangai. The product will be on sale from December 12 to February 11, 2025, and after February 12, it will be available at JR Tokyo Station, Haneda Airport,…

Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a time sale on Echo Buds (2nd generation) as an advance Black Friday sale. Normally priced at 14,980 yen, they are 70% off at 4,490 yen at the time of writing. Echo Buds are fully wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, created by the Amazon Echo smart speaker/display brand, and…

Jetstar Japan renewed its uniforms on November 28 after 12 years of wearing them since the start of its service. The new uniforms are based on two colors, orange and dark blue, “inspired by the sunrise and sunset seen from an aircraft window,” and incorporate linen and cotton for the fabric to give the uniforms…

NEXCO East Japan, NEXCO Central Japan, NEXCO West Japan, Metropolitan Expressway, Hanshin Expressway, and JB Honshin Expressway have announced traffic congestion forecasts for the year-end and New Year holidays (10 days from December 27, 2024 to January 5, 2025). In the service areas of the three NEXCO companies and JB Honshi Expressway, traffic congestion is…

Jetstar Japan will renew the uniforms it has worn for the past 12 years since it began service on November 28. The day before, November 27, was the last day of the old uniform, and flight GK35 from Narita to Shanghai at 10:25 p.m. was the last opportunity to wear it at the check-in counter,…

Keio Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd. will conduct a demonstration experiment to realize an AI station attendant service at Hashimoto Station and Keio Tama Center Station on the Sagamihara Main Line. The period is from December 2 to March 2, 2025. In this verification experiment, AI-equipped touch panel displays will be installed at stations to collect…