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About The 2nd “2025 World Exposition Support EXPO” The 2nd “2025 World Exposition Support EXPO” is an EXPO held to lead the 2025 World Exposition to success. It will be a place where the public and private sectors will come together and all products and services to build the 2025 World Exposition will come together.  [...]

NexTech Week Tokyo 2022 Autumn promotes DX In order to promote the digitization of Japan, there is an urgent need for technology and information on the latest technologies such as AI, blockchain, and quantum computers, as well as human resources and training to promote DX (digital transformation) by making full use of these technologies. At [...]

10th International Jewellery Tokyo 2022 Autumn (IJT 2022 Autumn) The 10th International Jewellery Tokyo Autumn 2022 (commonly known as IJT Autumn) will be held for three days from October 26th (Wednesday) to October 28th (Friday), 2022 at Pacifico Yokohama, one of the world's largest MICE complexes. It will be held in Yokohama (1-1-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, [...]

West Japan's largest beauty exhibition "Beautyworld Japan Osaka 2022" The Beautyworld Japan Osaka 2022, which will be held for the 17th time this year, will be held at his INTEX Osaka for three days from October 24th (Monday) to 26th (Wednesday), 2022. In order not to miss out on any kind of business matching, the [...]

Hokkaido Urban Development & Construction Comprehensive EXPO 2022 will be held on October 19th and 20th The "Hokkaido Urban Development and Construction EXPO 2022", a must-see comprehensive exhibition for the construction-related industry that supports the site of urban development, will be held for two days, October 19th (Wednesday) and 20th (Thursday), 2022! The venue is [...]

Tokyo International Industry Exhibition - Virtual exhibition: 10/12-11/4, Tokyo Big Sight: 10/19-10/21 At the Tokyo International Industry Exchange, excellent technologies and services, mainly from small and medium-sized enterprises in the metropolitan area (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba), will be exhibited under one roof. In 2021, this exhibition had 28,584 visitors to Tokyo Big Sight, and 12,388 [...]

Japan's largest fashion exhibition - Fashion World Tokyo (FaW Tokyo) Fashion World Tokyo (FaW TOKYO) Octobar, which will be held for the 13th time this year, will bring about 750 companies and shops from all over the world that handle apparel, bags, shoes, accessories, fabrics, materials, and clothing materials to Tokyo. This is the largest [...]

The 25th Manufacturing World Osaka 2022 will be held from October 5th! Manufacturing World Osaka 2022, which will be held for the 25th time this year, is the largest international manufacturing industry exhibition in western Japan, consisting of nine exhibitions. It will be held at the INTEX OSAKA venue in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture for [...]

SCAJ 2022 – An international event that attracts the attention of coffee traders around the world! Continuing from last year, Asia's largest international coffee event "SCAJ World Specialty Coffee Conference and Exhibition 2022" will be held at Tokyo Big Sight West Exhibition Halls 3 and 4 in Tokyo from October 12th (Wednesday) to 14th. It [...]

Held for the first time in 3 years! Shiba Park Oktoberfest 2022 Germany's biggest festival "Oktoberfest" will be held at Shiba Park in Tokyo too. From September 2nd (Friday) to 11th (Sunday), 2022, it will be held as "Shiba Oktoberfest 2022" at Shiba Park No. 4 Square in Tokyo. Originally Oktoberfest is Germany's largest festival, [...]

Report from Local Volunteer An 18 km walking course in the heart of Fukuoka, which boasts a population of approximately 1.63 million people, walking through Hakata, Tenjin, Ohori and Momochi There are no big steps, the road surface is good, and the course is suitable for people in wheelchairs and those who use walking sticks. [...]

Report from Local Volunteer Miso Soup ~ Japanese “Soul Food” with a Long History ~ January 03, 2023 Saitama Volunteer: Haruka The Origin of Miso Soup The origin of miso soup dates back to the Kamakura period, which is called “the era of samurai.” Before the era, miso was not used for making soup because [...]

Report from Local Volunteer "Deep Cove's Quarry Rock" where you can enjoy nature on a day trip from downtown Vancouver is the big city you can feel closed to a nature. There are many activities with nature and many people who more like than hung out in Downtown. This time, I’m going to introduce “The [...]

Report from Chiba Pref. Volunteer "Suu" Japan's Environmental Issues ~ 3R: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ~ December 8th, 2022 Chiba Pref. Volunteer: Suu Since the period of high economic growth, the custom of mass production and mass consumption has taken root in Japan, and a large amount of waste has been generated. As you know, garbage [...]

Report from Local Volunteer Vancouver, Canada is one of the world's leading cities in environmental issues. Report on sustainable initiatives from VC! Vancouver Convention Center Leading the World as a Sustainable Convention Center University of British Columbia ranked 2nd in the country in THE Impact Rankings using the SDGs framework October 20, 2022 Vancouver Volunteer: [...]

Reports from Local Volunteer A giant pine tree that died in the Edo period was reborn as two Jizo statues. Funabashi City Designated Cultural Property Yurugi Jizo and Koppa Jizo October 24, 2022 Chiba Volunteer: Denim Wooden Jizo Bodhisattva Statue of Tangible Cultural Property (Sculpture) and Historic Site (Additional) This time, I will introduce “Yurugi [...]

What are the top 5 cup ramen collaborations with famous restaurants? The top 5 cup ramen collaborations with famous stores are conducted by ROI Co., Ltd., one of the largest customer satisfaction improvement platforms in Japan, “Fankuru”. Conducted from August 15th to August 18th. They conducted a popular vote from 11 cup ramen collaborations with [...]

What is GDP ranking by prefecture? GDP Ranking by Prefecture as of August 2021 is a ranking of GDP data by prefecture and regional blocs based on Cabinet Office data released in August 2021. GDP is an estimate of the economic scale, industrial structure, and income level of a prefecture by comprehensively and systematically grasping [...]

What is the 2021 Population Ranking by Prefecture? "Population Ranking by Prefecture in 2021" is a ranking of the population, showing the rate of increase and decrease of population, and the gender ratio of each of the 47 prefectures based on the "Population Census Results" and "Population Estimates" from "Statistics of Japan 2021" which is [...]

Which prefectures are most popular with Japanese travelers and foreigners visiting Japan? This report "Travel Destinations Ranking in Japan" ranks the destinations visited by foreigners visiting Japan and residents of Japan by 47 prefectures. Due to the impact of the coronavirus from 2020, various services aimed at stimulating demand for domestic tourism have started in [...]

Efforts for sustainable regional tourism and virtuous cycle of regional economy contribute to SDGs In April 2021, Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture, formulated the "Mikuni Grand Vision", a strategic and effective measure necessary for increasing the non-resident population and tourist population and expanding the virtuous cycle of the local economy. The Mikuni area is defined as [...]

Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field Early bird season ticket is a great deal! Hakuba Iwatake Snow Field season ticket early bird sales start on Saturday, October 1, 2022! Regular season tickets go on sale from December 10th, but the early bird discount is great! For example, the regular season ticket for adults is ¥60,000, and if [...]

Nanan Seiko's own brand watch TMPL's new model FUSION MODEL FUSION MODEL is the 3rd series model watch of Nanan Seiko Co., Ltd. (2300-1 Toyoshina, Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture 399-8205), which was born from crowdfunding in 2018.  The TMPL series is a retro-style luxury watch model with the theme of "WEAR THE AGE." So far, [...]

Satoyume Co., Ltd. starts LOCAL SDGs Workcation service! "LOCAL SDGs workcation", a program to develop human resources who will promote SDGs, will start from Satoyume Co., Ltd., which supports regional revitalization! Satoyume, which develops regional revitalization projects in about 40 regions across Japan, acquired a national travel agency license in May 2022 and established a [...]

Tickets for Jidai Matsuri are now on sale The Jidai Matsuri is a grand festival of Heian Jingu Shrine that started in 1895 (Meiji 28) to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of the transfer of the capital to Heian. About 2,000 Kyoto citizens visited eight periods from the Enryaku period when Heiankyo was built to the [...]

Held for the first time in 3 years! Shiba Park Oktoberfest 2022 Germany's biggest festival "Oktoberfest" will be held at Shiba Park in Tokyo too. From September 2nd (Friday) to 11th (Sunday), 2022, it will be held as "Shiba Oktoberfest 2022" at Shiba Park No. 4 Square in Tokyo. Originally Oktoberfest is Germany's largest festival, [...]

Armor Watch “Date Masamune” with Limited Production Who is your favorite Sengoku warrior? The name of Masamune Date” is often heard as the answer to this question. This time, an armor watch “Date Masamune” was born through the collaboration among a traditional armor making craftsman, a high quality watch manufacturer and a product designer. This [...]