Ryohin Keikaku, the company behind MUJI, will launch “MUJI Labo” 2025 spring/summer season items on January 20. It will be sequentially rolled out in some MUJI stores (17 stores in Japan), online stores, and 13 overseas countries and regions, including China, the U.S., and France. MUJI Labo is a series that MUJI has been developing…
Shizuoka Prefecture x YuruCan△, Prefecture-wide Digital Stamp Rally & Oigawa Railway Character Voice Project
Shizuoka Prefecture is collaborating with the TV anime “Yuru Can△” to hold a digital stamp rally to visit model sites in the prefecture and enjoy character voices on the Oigawa Railway from October 11, 2024 to February 28, 2025. Stamp rally at 40 locations throughout the prefecture. If you collect all the stamps, you will…
Hotel Plaza Kobe, Strawberry My Melody Wedding. Special specifications from the wedding dress to the bouquet and reception cake.
Hotel Plaza Kobe (2-9-1, Naka, Koyo-cho, Higashinada-ku, Kobe City, Rokko Island), operated by Shinwa Hotels, has begun offering an original wedding plan in collaboration with Sanrio’s “My Melody. From the wedding dress and bouquet, to the wedding certificate, to the reception course meal, to the strawberry-filled wedding cake, to the seating chart, everything is My…
Delta Air Lines Announces Integration of Generated AI-Based Concierge Capabilities into Fly Delta and YouTube/Uber Partnership at CES
Delta’s keynote was held at the Sphere, the first official keynote at CES. The Sphere, where Delta’s keynote was held this year, is located adjacent to The Venetian Expo, a sub venue of CES, and is accessible from The Venetian Expo via a pedestrian bridge. The Sphere is a spherical theater adjacent to and accessible…
Sanwa Supply offers a carry-on bag for short-term business trips. Four-wheel design with small wheels and open front for easy access to luggage.
Sanwa Supply has released the “200-BAGCR014BK” business carry bag on the Sanwa Direct direct sales website. The price is 11,800 yen. The main body measures 40 x 22 x 43 cm (W x D x H) for carry-on baggage and has a capacity of 20 liters for one to two nights. 4-wheel casters that rotate…
New Era x Doraemon, New Collection. Adult Caps / Total Bakeha / Knit Caps / T-shirts
New Era Japan will release the new “Doraemon” original collection at New Era stores nationwide and on its official website on January 16. The lineup includes the ever-popular “59FIFTY” Doraemon design wearing a New Era cap, a reversible bucket hat made of Doraemon fabric, and a set of three T-shirts, each with a different patch…
Signing of Minutes of Discussions on a Technical Cooperation Project for Bangladesh: Using Advanced Technology to Help Strengthen Coastal Resilience through Forest Management | News & Press Releases
#15 Let’s also protect the abundance of land The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of Bangladesh on January 8 in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, on the technical cooperation project “Strengthening Coastal Resilience through Forest Management with Advanced Technology”. The project is a technical cooperation project…
Failer x Sylvanian Families, first collaboration of handkerchief/bag/pouch, etc. Insta-entry campaign is also available.
FEILER Japan will release a collaboration product between the dollhouse series “SYLVANIAN FAMILIES” and FEILER, a brand of chenille weaving, a traditional German craft. The product will go on sale at the official FEILER online store at 12:00 p.m. on January 29, and at FEILER stores nationwide at the opening of each store on January…
Hands Hiroshima Store is moving to Aeon and Minamoa! Thanks for 30 Years Moving Festival” where you can get a 5% off coupon.
Hands Minamore Hiroshima Store Location: 5F minamoa, 2-37 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture Access: Directly connected to Hiroshima Station on JR Sanyo Line, Geibi Line, Kure Line and Kabe Line Opening date: March 24, 2025 Store area: approx. 1680m2 The relocation will bring the total number of stores in Hiroshima Prefecture to three, including…
Cherry blossom bloom in 2025 is on par with normal. Top bloom dates are March 22 in Kochi, Fukuoka, and Kagoshima; March 24 in Tokyo.
On January 9, Japan Weather Service released the “First Cherry Bloom/Full Bloom Forecast for 2025” for someiyoshino cherry trees at about 1,000 locations from Hokkaido to Kagoshima. Temperatures are expected to be normal or higher than normal nationwide from January to March, and the flowering time this season is expected to be on par with…