JAL will increase the applicable fuel surcharge for tickets issued between February 1 and March 31, 2025. The two-month average of the Singapore kerosene market price from October to November 2024 was $88.60 per barrel. Multiplying this by the average exchange rate of 151.57 yen per dollar for the same period, the yen equivalent of…
H.I.S. will hold its annual and largest sale, “Hatsumu Fair 2025,” starting December 20. Online reservations are available until February 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., and telephone and in-store reservations are available until February 3, 2025. The key words are “Come on, HIS!” HIS is a travel agency that offers a wide variety of travel…
reporter Name Affiliation Title Yasuko Inoue Project Long-term Expert, Sustainable Forest Management and Landscape Restoration for Forest Sector Strengthening and Community Climate Change Resilience (SFS-CORECC) Project, Kenya, JICA summary Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 12:00-13:30 (local time) Co-organized by the Kenyan Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forests (MECCF) and Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Japan…
3COINS will release limited edition goods designed by Disney’s “The Lion King” on December 20. The lineup includes a total of 16 types. They will be available at stores nationwide and on the official online shopping site “Parcel Closet. The Lion King,” celebrating the 30th anniversary of its release in Japan in 2024, and “3COINS,”…
Kanseki will release the “Circus TC+ Chimney Wall,” a tent specially designed for outside-aspirated wood stoves, from its original brand “tent-Mark DESIGNS” in January 2025. It will be priced at 48,400 yen. Based on the existing product “Circus TC+,” this model allows the use of an outside-aspirated wood stove. In summer, the chimney hole portion…
On December 18, Navitime Japan began offering a function that allows users to refine their search by Shinkansen train type on its “Norikae NAVITIME” transfer guide application (Android/iOS version). In the normal route search, “Nozomi,” “Hayabusa,” “Komachi,” and “Mizuho” are prioritized for long-distance intercity travel involving Shinkansen trains in order to take arrival times and…
JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) President Achim Steiner at JICA headquarters on December 16. At the beginning of his remarks, President Tanaka welcomed President Steiner’s visit on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Japan’s international cooperation, and noted that the collaborative relationship with UNDP is evolving further and…
On December 18, NAA (Narita International Airport) and Market Enterprise concluded a business alliance for the reuse of unwanted items generated at the airport. The partnership will offer hard-to-find retired airport goods for sale to the general public. Market Enterprise’s reuse platform “Oikura” is currently being used by more than 200 municipalities to build a…
The red seal is also in the style of a plastic model runner! Nippon-daira Ropeway to Kunouzan Toshogu Shrine First, we went to Nippon-daira, one of the most famous scenic spots in Shizuoka. After walking around the observation corridor of the Nihondaira Yume Terrace, an observation facility built at the top of the mountain, we…
reporter Name Affiliation Title Yasuko Inoue Project Long-term Expert, Sustainable Forest Management and Landscape Restoration for Forest Sector Strengthening and Community Climate Change Resilience (SFS-CORECC) Project, Kenya, JICA summary Date: November 14, 2024, 17:00-18:00 (local time) Co-sponsored by the Government of Kenya (MECCF (Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forests, Kenya) and NT (Ministry of…