Seibu Railway has decided to begin operation of the first of its “Sustaina rolling stock” (Series 8000), which it acquired from Odakyu Electric Railway in May 2024, at the end of May 2025. The cars had been undergoing safety equipment upgrades and design changes at the Musashioka Rolling Stock Testing Center since July 1, 2024,…
I started this article with a not-so-travel-watch-like description. Garuda Indonesia Airlines is conducting an inspection tour, and the destination is the area around Flores Island, where Komodo dragons live. The Komodo dragon lives in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park. Although it is a type of lizard, the largest one is said to be over 3 meters…
Tateyama Kurobe Kanko will begin operating the Tateyama Tunnel Electric Bus between Murodo and Daikanbo on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route on April 15. This new vehicle will replace the Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus, which operated for 3.7 km (10 minutes) until November 30, 2024, and is designed to reduce the environmental burden in order to…
Thinking about various social issues facing the world with TV personality and university student Marika Sera, “I want to know the world better! The theme of the fifth session is “Peacebuilding. The theme of the 5th session is “Peace Building. We interviewed Anas Hijazee, who came to Japan as a refugee from Syria, Tomohiro Hayakawa…
IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 19 hotel brands with more than 6,500 hotels in more than 100 countries. In Japan, IHG Hotels & Resorts currently operates about 47 hotels under eight brands from Hokkaido to Okinawa (as of September 2024). For this interview, we asked Yuichiro Imura, Deputy General Manager of ANA InterContinental Manza Beach…
Nanga will release all five models of its SOFT DOWN series for spring on January 10. The soft down is made of water-repellent nylon with an uneven washer finish, and new pastel green and yellow colors have been added for 2025. In addition to the remodeled coat and varsity jacket, a new stadium jacket and…
Theme for 2025 is “Investment for Growth Realize “the best treatment” for human resources, the source of growth Seibu Holdings Co. Chairman and CEO Takashi Goto Happy New Year! In 2025, VUCA will become deeper, the future more uncertain and complex, and diversity will increase. Against this backdrop, the Seibu Group is committed to “Resilience…
Rakuten Group, Inc. Representative Director, Chairman and President Hiroshi Mikitani Last year, Rakuten Group achieved a number of successes in various areas. In the Internet Service Business, the annual domestic e-commerce circulation amount was 6 trillion yen, and in the FinTech Service Business, Rakuten Card’s shopping transaction volume reached 6 trillion yen in the third…
KNT-CT Holdings Corporation president (e.g. of a company) Yoshinobu Koyama We wish you a Happy New Year! Last year was a year in which we keenly felt the threat of natural disasters, including the Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year’s Day, typhoons and torrential rains that repeatedly strayed during the summer, and the Nankai Trough…
Amazon (Amazon Japan) is having a sale on the Snow Peak “2025 Fukubukuro Kettle Mug Set”. Normally priced at 26,020 yen, it is 15% off at 22,000 yen at the time of writing. The set includes the Field Varistor Kettle, Titanium Double Mug 300 Folding Handle, and Titanium Double Mug 450, and is available for…