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Minato City
Minato City AI Chat service available in multiple languages.
In Minato City, about 190,000 foreign nationals from approximately 130 countries are living. The City is making use of AI in a chat function, in order to automatically answer questions that arise from everyday life or inquiries about administrative information, in Easy Japanese and English. If residents ask questions entering good keywords, they will get easy-to-understand answers with maps o...
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PR Office for Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13
Tokyo (November 5, 2020)-Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), organizers of the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13, are pleased to announce that a new schedule for the 12 proposed projects have been decided. The implementation of these projects had been delayed due to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games postponement a...
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Shiga Prefecture
An online press conference by the governor of Shiga Prefecture A vision for a local government’s future during and after the COVID-19 era Challenges of Shiga Prefecture, Home to Lake Biwa November 12, 2020 (4:00 – 5:10 PM) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ■From its experiences so far with...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) is pleased to announce that 5 local firms and 11 overseas firms have passed our initial review and have been selected as participants for the support program in the “Financial Innovation Category” of this year’s “Tokyo Financial Award”. For this year, TMG set 25 themes pertaining to B-to-C services and 5 themes pertaining to B-to-B services under the “...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
As part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s (TMG) efforts to attract foreign companies to Tokyo, TMG is opening a new Business Consultation Center in Hong Kong, which will serve as a first overseas contact point for the “Business Development Center Tokyo” project. This project, which started in 2012, provides foreign companies with one-stop business support services. In 2017, additional serv...
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Meiji University
Meiji University launched “Step into Meiji University,” (https://www.meiji.ac.jp/stepinto/english/) a branded website designed to convey the appeal and unique features of each of its ten undergraduate schools on Tuesday, September 29. This website was created with the goal of informing visitors about the unique features of the university’s undergraduate schools in a brief period of tim...
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Japan Cultural Expo
Japan Cultural Expo: Major Exhibits for 2020 –2021 The Japan Cultural Expo is a nationwide event launched in 2019, showcasing the arts of Japan to audiences from all over the world. It has been timed to coincide with Japan’s hosting of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021 The Expo’s programming features cultural works from as far back as the Neolithic period to the present day under the overarching theme of “Humanity and Nature in Japan.” B...
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Sasakawa Peace Foundation
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) and Conciliation Resources (CR) are pleased to invite you to an online launch event presenting two new publications on October 15, 2020, 18:00-20:00 JST. The results of a new public opinion survey, which found that the majority of the Japanese population support peacebuilding activities including dialogue with armed groups, will be presented alongside the lau...
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Cabinet Secretariat
Announcing the Launch of the Host Town Website
October 2020 Secretariat of the Headquarters for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Cabinet Secretariat Announcing the Launch of the Host Town Website We are pleased to announce the launch of Host Town Website with some of the latest information regarding the nation-wide movement of Host Town Initiative for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Informat...
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Kōgei 2020: The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature
Kōgei 2020: The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature – Private View – Sunday, September 20, 2020 The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan Arts Council, Tokyo National Museum, and the Yomiuri Shimbun are pleased to announce the “Kōgei 2020: The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature”. The exhibition will be supported by the Japanese Government as part of Japan Cultural Expo, and will be held at the Hyokeikan gallery of Tokyo National Museum from September 21 to November 15, 2020. Prior to th...
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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
MICHAËL BORREMANS MARK MANDERS: Double Silence
First-ever museum pairing of the in-demand, internationally renowned artists hailing from Belgium and the Netherlands Exhibition title: MICHAËL BORREMANS MARK MANDERS: Double Silence Period: Saturday, September 19, 2020–Sunday, February 28, 2021 Closed: Mondays (except September 21, November 23, January 11), September 23, November 24, December 29–January 1, January 12 Hours: 10:00–18:00...
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Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Tokyo, Japan -- In June 2020, the Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) published “Selections: White Paper on the Oceans and Ocean Policy in Japan 2020.” This annual publication features articles by OPRI researchers and other experts aiming to contribute to comprehensive and cross-sectoral collaboration to address ocean issues in Japan and around the worl...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Tokyo Financial Award, ESG Investment Category:Now Accepting Candidate Businesses!
[Press release] August 3, 2020 Office for Strategic Policy and ICT Promotion Tokyo Metropolitan Government As one project in the “Global Financial City: Tokyo” Vision, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) is hosting the “Tokyo Financial Award.” TMG has been granting a prize to financial institutions who provide and develop innovative products and services that meet the needs and challen...
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The Center For Innovation (CFI)
The Center For Innovation (CFI), located in Nerima ward, Tokyo, is excited to announce that it is officially registered by the Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau as a General Incorporated Association (GIA) as of May 15th, 2020, dedicated to providing a gateway to global education innovation in Japan. CFI is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to working with key partners to develop innovative ed...
