The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a loan agreement totaling $8.39 million for a Public Private Partnership (PPP) healthcare services project in Uzbekistan on December 19, 2022, through the “Leading Asia’s Private Infrastructure Fund” (LEAP) provided by JICA. On December 19, 2022, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a loan agreement totaling $8.39 million for…
Bring Bangladeshi IT Professionals to Japan! New International Cooperation Connecting Local Communities to the World
Bring Bangladeshi IT Professionals to Japan! New International Cooperation Connecting Local Communities to the World Connecting Bangladesh, which has excellent IT human resources but is having difficulty finding work, and Japan’s regional cities, which are suffering from a shortage of digital human resources. This new form of international cooperation is attracting attention from local governments…
Apartment hotel with kitchen “stayme THE HOTEL” opens in Asakusa/Ueno area.
matsuri technologies opened “stayme THE HOTEL,” an apartment hotel with a kitchen, in the Asakusa/Ueno area. stayme THE HOTEL Asakusa Riverside (7-1-8 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo) is a 7-minute walk from Asakusa Station, and stayme THE HOTEL Ueno Ekimae (7-10-13 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo) is a 3-minute walk from Ueno Station. They are furnished in a modern…
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the birth of the “Local Bear Plushie,” three types of plush toys are sold online for the first time.
ANA Trading Group’s Makoto Fujii will release three types of “local bears” commemorating the 10th anniversary of its “local bears” sold at tourist attractions nationwide on December 27 at 10:00 on ANA’s official e-commerce site “A-style”. The local Bears were created in 2012 as limited-edition products that can only be purchased in each region, and…
Buy drinks from Acure vending machines with Suica and win JRE POINT totaling 1 million yen/penguin goods in a drawing
JR East Cross Station Water Business Company is conducting the “Suica x acure Suica to Win! W Campaign”. During the period, a campaign for JRE POINT members to win JRE POINT worth 1 million yen in total and a campaign for Acure members to win Suica penguin goods will be conducted. The details of each…
Heavy snow again in Niigata from the night of March 23rd to 25th; NEXCO East Japan urges people to refrain from going out unnecessarily.
NEXCO East Japan Niigata Branch Office is calling for people to refrain from going out unnecessarily this weekend, from the nighttime of December 23 to December 25, as heavy snow is expected in the mountainous areas of Niigata. The company also calls on carriers to cooperate in making wide-area detours and adjusting delivery dates. The…
ZEN RESORT NIKKO, the first glamping field in Oku-Nikko, opens. Overlooking Lake Chuzenji and Mt.
ZEN Resort will open its first glamping facility in Oku-Nikko, ZEN RESORT NIKKO (2482-1-27 Nakamiya Shrine, Nikko-shi, Tochigi Prefecture), on December 25. Located in the national park where the vast nature of Oku-Nikko still remains, the camp offers a panoramic view of Lake Chuzenji and Mt. While retaining the unique charm of camping, such as…
Signed a grant aid agreement for Sierra Leone: Contributed to the stable supply of electricity to un-electrified areas through the construction of substations and transmission lines.
On December 19, 2022, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, for a grant aid of up to 2.07 billion yen for the “Electricity Distribution Network Expansion Project along Freetown Peninsula”: (G/A) for the “Electricity…
NEW ERA×WWS collaboration cap is now available for pre-order. Highly water-repellent and packable
Oasis Lifestyle Group has begun accepting pre-orders for the WWS x NEW ERA Packable Cap (5,940 yen), a collaboration between cap brand NEW ERA and WWS, the brand that originated the work suit. The new material “ultimex/ultimex” developed by our company is used. The material is washable, water-repellent and quick-drying, and the EVA material used…
FUKUTOKU TOMICA” celebrates the New Year. Total of 6 types with motifs of auspicious peacock and zodiac sign “Rabbit”.
TOMY will release the “Fukutoku Tomica” (770 yen) on December 29 to celebrate the New Year. The lineup consists of a total of six types, including the auspicious “Peacock” and the zodiac sign for 2023 “Rabbit,” as well as “Lion,” “Eagle,” “Tendomushi,” and “Kabutomushi” motifs (the lottery format does not allow selection of the type)….