New Balance’s Shohei Ohtani wearing model is 43% off. Knit track jacket with excellent sweat absorption and quick-drying properties

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Amazon (Amazon Japan) is offering the New Balance Knit Track Jacket (AMJ51503) on sale during Prime Thanksgiving. Normally priced at 7,590 yen, at the time of writing, it is 43% off at 4,325 yen. This track jacket is made of “NB Dry” double-knit fabric that excels in sweat absorption and quick-drying properties, and is the…

JR East to Introduce New Type E927 Inspection Car for Shinkansen in FY2029. Simultaneous development with the “successor to the E6 series.

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East Japan Railway Company (JR East) will introduce the E927 class car as a new type of inspection car for the Shinkansen in 2029. It will be developed simultaneously with the successor to the E6 Series used on the Akita Shinkansen, and will be operated on all JR East Shinkansen lines. The current train (Type…

Expo ’70 Commemorative Park, 55th anniversary design ticket featuring the Tower of the Sun reappears; Expo 2025 “Adventures Around Life” exhibition also on view

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Expo ’70 Commemorative Park (Senri Expo Park, Suita City, Osaka Prefecture) has been issuing admission tickets (Natural Culture Park and Japanese Garden) in limited quantities since October 4, with a design featuring a publicity campaign image commemorating the 55th anniversary of the 1970 Japan World Exposition (Osaka Expo). Similar to the “Expo ’70 Commemorative Park…

Hirosaki, Hakodate x Snow Miku, last season from December. Digital rally, panel installation, etc.

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Crypton Future Media will collaborate with “Snow Miku” in the “Hirohako Winter Tourism Campaign” to be held in Hirosaki City and Hakodate City from December 1. Snow Miku was designed by Hatsune Miku as a character to support Hokkaido; from 2022, it collaborated with the Hirosaki and Hakodate (Hirohako) tourism campaign, which will end once…

MUJI launches five items in its “Static-Resistant Wearable Blanket Series. Updates include the addition of elastic cuffs and belly wraps.

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Ryohin Keikaku, which operates MUJI, will sequentially release five items in its “Static-Resistant Wearable Blanket Series” at stores nationwide and online starting October 13. This series of wearable blankets uses antistatic yarn to prevent static electricity, and the use of environmentally friendly raw materials, lyocell and recycled polyester, makes them less susceptible to steam. The…

Send your memories of the Expo as New Year’s greeting cards! Impress releases three new year’s card material collections featuring Myakmyak designs.

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Impress will release the mook “Nengajo DVD-ROM 2026” on October 7, in A4 format, 256 pages, priced at 1,870 yen. The 2026 edition of the “original” title of the Nengajo material series, which has been published annually for more than 30 years, includes a special opening project: the “Myakmyak Nengajo,” the official character of the…

JAL to launch Narita – Delhi route in January 2026. Daily flights with a timetable that allows easy connections to North America.

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JAL announced the launch of its Narita – Delhi route on January 17, 2026, and began accepting reservations for tickets on October 6. The aircraft will be a Boeing 787-8 and will operate daily. The schedule is designed to allow smooth transfers to the seven North American destinations served by Narita Airport. The new route…