Category: Japan

LINE Yahoo has added a “Rain Cloud Radar” function to its “Yahoo! Car Navi” smartphone application (Android/iOS). Tapping the button with the rain cloud symbol in the upper left corner of the screen will take you to the radar screen. By moving the slider at the bottom of the screen, you can see the rain…

Rakuten STAY will open “Rakuten STAY VILLA Kinugawa Riverside” (391-1 Ohara, Kinugawa Onsen, Nikko-shi, Tochigi Prefecture), a villa-type accommodation facility with hot springs, on June 12. Reservations for lodging will be accepted from May 29. Located along the Kinugawa River in Nikko, this 16-room villa-type accommodation facility consists of 15 two-story maisonette-type guest rooms for…

Rakuten STAY will open “Rakuten STAY Izumo” (300 Kitsuki Higashimiyauchi, Taisha-cho, Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture) on June 12. Accommodation reservations are being accepted from May 29. Located a 5-minute walk from the Izumo-taisha Shrine “Kaguraden” and a 9-minute walk from the main gate “Seidame”, this lodging facility has 5 two-story maisonette-type guest rooms. Rates start…

On May 30, NAA (Narita International Airport) announced that it will revise the international passenger security service charge from the current 550 yen to 700 yen. The fee will be applied from September 1. The reason for this is that security-related costs have increased dramatically in the face of the shortage of security inspectors after…

Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. and East Japan Railway Company announced on May 30 that they have decided on “BLUE FRONT SHIBAURA” as the name of the district for the Shibaura Project, a specific project under the National Strategic Special Area Plan that they are jointly promoting. The Hamamatsucho Building (1-1-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo)…

As of 1:20 p.m. on May 30, JR East reported that it is experiencing difficulties in recharging and purchasing commuter passes and green tickets with the Mobile Suica application. The company is confirming the possibility that the problem may be caused by another company’s payment system, but if you are in a hurry, it has…

PARCO is holding a permanent collaboration cafe “Chiika Restaurant” based on the concept of a “family restaurant” at “THE GUEST cafe & diner” (1-28-2 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo) on the 7th floor of the Ikebukuro PARCO main building. Starting June 19, eight new “appetizing HOT fair” menus will be available in addition to eight grand menus…

INFORICH and Fuji Electric are sequentially installing models of Daido Drinko vending machines equipped with the mobile battery sharing ChargeSPOT in Tokyu Corporation stations. By installing a model that is integrated with a vending machine, station users will be able to rent mobile batteries at the same time they purchase beverages, contributing to greater convenience….

JINS has unveiled a new line to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Donald Duck’s screen debut. JINS/Disney Model” eyewear and related goods will go on sale on June 8. Pre-sales will begin today, May 30, at the official online store. The new “Donald Duck Birthday Model” eyewear is available in two styles, a Boston and…

LG Electronics Japan will accept pre-orders for the LG CineBeam Q, a new model of the LG CineBeam lineup of ultra-compact 4K laser projectors, on the Make a Makuake website. Pre-orders will be accepted from 12:00 pm on May 30. The projector is palm-sized and has a 360-degree rotating arm that can be used as…