Tama City, Tokyo, will hold a grand opening of Tama Central Park (2-35 Ochiai, Tama City, Tokyo), which is undergoing renovation and maintenance, at 11:00 a.m. on April 5. This 11-hectare hilltop park in the center of Tama City has been undergoing renovation and improvement to become an even better place for local residents to…

UNIQLO launched the “Uniqlo U” 2025 Spring/Summer collection on March 20. The lineup includes 19 women’s items, 19 men’s items, and 3 merchandise items. It will be available at UNIQLO stores nationwide and online. The collection is created by a Parisian design team led by Christophe Lemaire. This season, under the theme of “light layered…

Osaka Metro (Osaka City Rapid Transit) will revise its Chuo Line schedule from April 2 in preparation for the Osaka-Kansai Expo. The revision will be in effect from April 2 to October 13. The main revisions include, first, unifying the weekday, weekend, and holiday timetables and operating the same schedule regardless of the day of…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with South African Vice President Paul Mashatille in Tokyo on March 17. In his opening remarks, Vice President Mashatile thanked JICA for its cooperation in South Africa. In response, President Tanaka stated that South Africa is at the core of regional integration and intra-regional development in Southern Africa, and that…

Ahead of the event, a special menu featuring Donald Duck and event motifs will be available from April 1. Here is a complete list of the menu items, with a focus on photos. Tokyo Disneyland is pleased to announce the fourth Disney Palpalooza, “Donald’s Quacky Duck! Duck! Duck City!” will be held from April 8…

Tokyo Disneyland is pleased to announce the fourth Disney Palpalooza, “Donald’s Quacky Duck! Duck! Duck City!” will be held from April 8 to June 30. As the entire park transforms into Donald Duck’s ideal “Duck City,” the food souvenirs will also be transformed to Donald’s specifications. Here are some of the new Souvenir items that…

The National Hitachi Seaside Park (605-4 Onuma, Mawata, Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture) has released the 2025 edition of its nemophila bloom forecast on its official website. This year, the “best time to see the flowers” will be around April 11, two days earlier than last year and one day later than the five-year average, and…

JR Tokai announced that it will introduce “semi-private room type” upper-class seats on the Tokaido Shinkansen. The service is scheduled to begin by the end of fiscal year 2027. Together with the “private room type” upper class seats, which will be in service in the fall of 2026, the company plans to offer even higher…

Tokyo Disney Resort will release new lemon-patterned items on April 24. The lineup consists mainly of household sundries, featuring illustrated designs of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse relaxing with lemon pie and lemonade in their hands. The “Lemony Dreams” phrase is designed on a green and yellow base on items that support relaxation, such as…

On March 19, JAL announced its medium-term management plan Rolling Plan 2025 for fiscal years 2021-2025. The EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) forecast for FY2024 is 170 billion yen, as initially projected, and for FY2025, as announced in March 2024, the company aims for 200 billion yen by capturing overseas demand, improving domestic earnings,…