On April 4, NAA (Narita International Airport) reported to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism that construction will begin in earnest in May for the extension of Runway B and the construction of a new Runway C. Runway B will be extended from the current 2,500m to 3,500m, and Runway C will be…
JR Tokai and JR West will experimentally use the “oversized luggage corner” on some decks of the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen (16-car trains) as a luggage storage area without prior reservations. The trial period is from July 1 for the time being (the end of the trial period has not yet been decided). Until now,…
Kajima Corporation will open three stores on the first floor of the commercial facility “4PLA” on April 25 in Sapporo 4-chome Place, which is being developed in Minami 1-jo Nishi 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, in advance. The grand opening is scheduled for the summer of 2025. Sapporo 4-Chome Place is a complex directly connected to Odori…
Are we …… switching?” Awajiya, which sells station bento at JR Kobe Station, Nishiakashi Station, and other stations, is best known for its “Hittari Dako Meshi” (octopus rice), which has sold 16 million units since its launch in 1998. It is made with rice cooked in soy sauce, slices of boiled octopus, and octopus tempura…
Other Certified RV Parks (as of the end of March 2025) RV Park Farmer’s Guest House Ichibansei Location: 116 Aza Oiai, Kanazawa, Haramachi-ku, Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture Reservations: Available from the official website RV Park Yugaku no Yado Isamiya Location: 109 Aza Hiramae, Ohama, Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture Reservations: Available from the official website RV…
DOD has released a new black color for its Coconimo Rack, a compact, foldable three-tier storage shelf. It is priced at 10,230 yen. A mini-sized version of the long-selling “Multi-Kitchen Table” (14,150 yen), which has been on sale since 2019, this storage shelf allows you to put away all the small camping items and foodstuffs…
Toyoko Inn has been selling “Gotochi GENKI badges” at Toyoko Inn stores since April 1. Each badge is priced at 300 yen and can be purchased by non-guests. There are a total of 52 badge designs, including 47 prefectural versions and 5 overseas versions (Korea, Philippines, Mongolia, Germany, and France). The size of the badge…
This ekiben is beef rice with Niigata Wagyu, a brand of beef from Niigata. It is a simple dish of sweet beef stew with onion and burdock root on rice, and the main feature is that it is eaten with the accompanying chopped wasabi (Japanese horseradish). In fact, you can enjoy it without the chopped…
On March 17, a ceremony was held in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, in the southern part of the Federative Republic of Brazil, to commemorate the start of operation of a sewage treatment plant developed through JICA’s yen loan project. The ceremony was attended by the Governor of Santa Catarina, Mr. Jorginho Melo, the Mayor of Florianópolis,…
March 31, 2025 In response to a request from the United Nations, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide emergency relief supplies to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar as follows. record damage from the earthquake and tsunami The earthquake that occurred on March 28, 2025 in the Republic of the Union of…