The Nippon Professional Baseball Hall of Fame and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tokai) will hold a baseball interaction class with professional baseball alumni and a superconducting linear train ride for 40 first- and second-grade elementary school children on September 16. Former Chiba Lotte Marines player Tomoya Satosaki and other players are scheduled to participate…
Awajiya, Akashi’s famous ekiben-like “Hittari-dako flowerpot”. For free research during summer vacation
Awajiya will release a “Hittappidako flowerpot” in the motif of “Hittappidako-meshi,” a famous ekiben at Nishiakashi Station. The price is 1,680 yen for the set of the pot and saucer. The ceramic design of the “pulled rice” pot was retained, but the color was changed to an unglazed terra cotta color, and round holes were…
Peach x Movie Barbie launches “Transformation Travel Lottery” in Tokyo, where you can’t choose the destination, and “Movie Barbie-go” with PV and stickers.
Peach Aviation launched the “Transformation Travel Lottery” in collaboration with the movie “Barbie” on July 20 at Lumine Yurakucho (2-5-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). 5000 yen per ticket. The “Transformation Travel Lottery” includes a redemption code for 6,000 yen worth of Peach Points (10,000 yen in rare cases) and an original badge, in reference to Barbie’s…
Express bus route between Mishima, Shizuoka and Haneda Airport opens today! One-way fare is 2,800 yen and no transfers. Mishima-Haneda Shuttle to Yokohama YCAT and Shin-Kiba.
WILLER EXPRESS, Izu Hakone Bus, and Tokai Bus began operating an express bus service between Mishima and Haneda Airport on July 21. 3 round trips a day, daily, nicknamed “Mishima Haneda Shuttle”. Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is located at the base of the Izu Peninsula and is the starting point for sightseeing in Izu, Mt….
Growing Together: 70th Anniversary Celebration of Japan’s Support for UNRWA and 15th Anniversary of the Palestinian Mother and Child Handbook ｜ News & Media
summary Conference Title: “Growing Together: Japan’s 70th Anniversary of Support to UNRWA and the 15th Anniversary of the Palestinian Mother and Child Handbook”. Date: June 6, 2023 Organizer: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) Co-organized by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Supported by: International Maternal and Child Health Committee, Japan WHO…
I took WILLER’s Tokyo Restaurant Bus for a 2.5-hour Japanese food course! A fresh tour of Tokyo’s sights from a height of about 3 meters, enjoyed in an open loop!
This Japanese course for lunch, which was suspended due to the Corona disaster, will be back for the first time in about three years, since March 2020. We report on an early experience of the tour, where you can enjoy an authentic course meal while riding on a double-decker bus with an open roof! Japanese…
Symposium Report: “Global Refugee Forum” – Now is the Time for “Society as a Whole” to Support Refugees ｜ News & Media
summary Symposium Title Global Refugee Forum Symposium ～To support refugees in “society as a whole” now. “Working Together for Solutions and Inclusion.” date(s) (e.g. for exhibition) May 31, 2023 organizing Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), JICA Location Sadako Ogata Institute for Peace and Development International Conference Hall…
Moldova Yen Loan Agreement Signed: Supporting the Moldovan Government’s Response to the Ukraine Crisis ｜ News & Media
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of the Republic of Moldova on July 10 in Chişinău for a loan of up to 13.5 billion yen under the “Economic Reconstruction and Development Policy Loan. This project will provide financial assistance to the Moldovan government in a situation of…
JBIC Issues its 75th, 76th and 77th Bonds (Domestic FILP Agency Bonds) “Disaster Prevention and Recovery Bonds” (scheduled for September 2023) ｜ News & Media
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (President: Akihiko Tanaka) has decided to issue the 75th (5-year), 76th (10-year), and 77th (20-year) JICA Bonds (Domestic FILP Agency Bonds), scheduled for issuance in September 2023, as “Disaster Prevention and Recovery Bonds” to use the funds raised for paid-in capital cooperation projects to support disaster prevention and natural disaster…
JICA Chair Special Lecture on “From the Iwakura Mission to the Meiji Constitution: The Man Who Became the First Prime Minister from a Poor Farmer” in Paraguay, Argentina, in Search of “Clothes for the Nation
Professor Kazuhiro Takii and the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (IRCJS) were dispatched as lecturers to give JICA Chair special lectures, and face-to-face lectures were held jointly with local universities as follows. Paraguay Tuesday, June 20: Universidad Nacional de Asuncion Wednesday, June 21: Universidad Nacional de Itapua Argentina Monday, June 26, National University of…