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The Agency for Cultural Affairs and Japan Arts Council
The Agency for Cultural Affairs and Japan Arts Council are pleased to invite you to a press conference on August 17, at 11:00AM, for Japan Cultural Expo VIRTUAL PLATFORM. Since 2019, the Japan Cultural Expo has promoted various cultural properties and performing arts – created and passed down by our ancestors – through exhibitions, performances, and hands-on programs in Japan and internation...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The Tokyo Media Center (TMC), which supports media outlets around the world in their coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, will be hosting a series of online talks called “TMC Talks”, given by experts and Governor Koike almost every day at 2:00 pm (JST) during the Games. TMC is delighted to announce the program topics ahead of the first TMC Talks on July 21. ...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Tokyo Financial Award, ESG Investment Category: Now Accepting Candidates!
As one project in the “Global Financial City: Tokyo” Vision, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), following last year’s program will continue hosting the “Tokyo Financial Award.” TMG has been granting a prize to financial institutions who provide and develop innovative products and services that meet Tokyo citizens and businesspeople’s needs and challenges, as well as those who w...
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株式会社ローソン
日本の”社会インフラ”コンビニチェーン「ローソン」 コロナ禍で行動制限下の訪日外国人をサポート
This press release is available in Japanese only.
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Suntory Holdings Limited
*To get the full version of the press release, please visit: https://www.suntory.com/news/article/13947E.html TOKYO (July 20th, 2021) — Suntory Holdings, a global leader in the beverage industry, today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Ocean Conservancy in July to join their International Coastal Cleanup, a global movement to keep beaches and ocean free of trash and...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) is proud to announce the unveiling of “Tokyo Sustainability Action (English)”, a summary of our efforts to realize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) based on the ”Future Tokyo: Tokyo’s Long-Term Strategy” released in March of 2021. Published materials can be viewed on TMG’s website (in English). https://www.seisakukikaku.metro.t...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The Tokyo Media Center (TMC), which supports media outlets around the world in their coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, will be hosting a series of online talks called “TMC Talks”, given by experts and Governor Koike almost every day during the Games. Accredited TMC members can submit questions for the speakers (except for some talks). A number of speaker...
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Toyama City
Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2021
This exhibition is an international, open-submission triennial that showcases outstanding works of contemporary glass art from around the world. Bringing together the latest achievements in glass art, it contributes to that art’s further development throughout the world. The first competition and exhibition were held in 2018. This year, the second of these competitions attracted 1,126 entries, ...
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Koshinokuni Museum of Literature
The announcement of the winner of the second YAKAMOCHI MEDAL and the awarding ceremony
In 2017, Toyama Prefecture established the YAKAMOCHI MEDAL that would recognize the achievements of prominent poets of the world, in commemoration of the 1,300th anniversary of the birth of Otomo no Yakamochi. Yakamochi was a representative poet of the Manyoshu, the oldest anthology of Japanese poetry, and composed numerous excellent poems while he was working here in Etchu (currently known as ...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
With the Olympic Games just 18 days away, Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko sent a video message to the world's media inviting them to the Tokyo Media Center (TMC) provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. TMC offers services not only for members of the press coming to Tokyo but also those working from their home countries, a great opportunity to cover the Games and the City online no matter how...
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Suntory Holdings Ltd.
*To get the full version of the press release, please visit: https://www.suntory.com/news/article/13937E.html TOKYO (July 1st, 2021) — Suntory Holdings, a global leader in the beverage industry, today announced that it will aim to achieve 100% renewable electricity in the group’s 63 directly-owned manufacturing sites and R&D facilities in Japan, the Americas and Europe by 2022(*1). In ad...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Tokyo Financial Award, Financial Innovation Category: Now Accepting Candidate in Finance!
As one project in the “Global Financial City: Tokyo” Vision, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), following last year’s program will continue hosting the “Tokyo Financial Award.” TMG has been granting a prize to businesses who provide and develop innovative products and services that meet Tokyo citizens and businesspeople’s needs and challenges, as well as those who work to promote ESG ...
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2020 Yosakoide Support Project Executive Committee
No Olympic Games has been held during a pandemic such as the one affecting this year’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Through our performance of the traditional Japanese dance "Yosakoi", we offer our full support to the Games at this difficult time. By enhancing the spirit of the world's largest sports festival, we pray for peace and harmony among its people. And, through performance of "Y...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), as part of our plans to make Tokyo into the world’s leading financial city, has set out to attract overseas financial firms. As part of this plan, TMG has implemented the “Project for Temporary Office Allocation for Foreign Financial Companies and Human Resources,” (hereinafter referred to as “the project”) from November 2020. The goal of the project ...
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Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau
Tokyo to Host the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications in 2023
The Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) is delighted to announce that Tokyo has placed the winning bid to host the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) on April 25 - 27, 2023. The Conference will appeal to researchers and practitioners and expects to attract about 900 specialists from more than ten countries. The first INFOCOM was organized in 1982 and...
