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"Exploring NARA, The Heartland of Japanese Food Culture" Project
Six special tours to experience Japanese food culture with roots in Nara. Promoting the new brand image for tourism in Nara Prefecture centered on food. ~ Selected as a project to promote regionally integrated gastronomy tourism by the Japan Tourism Agency ~ The "Exploring NARA, The Heartland of Japanese Food Culture" will begin "Six tour trials", "Production of English tools for ...
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Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)
1. Tokyo’s Newest Global Innovation Hub: Toranomon Hills Station Tower, opening on October 6 Tokyo continues to innovate, attracting attention from businesses and travelers from around the world with the newly opened Toranomon Hills Station Tower. Conveniently connected to the new Toranomon Hills Station on the Hibiya Line and the Ginza Line with a bus terminal on the ground floor, the multi-p...
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Ryoudenji Temple
In a life centered on digital devices such as smartphones, modern people unknowingly accumulate stress. As a result of the spread of mindfulness and other practices to reset the mind from digital detox, Japan’s Zen culture is attracting attention from all over the world. A shukubo is a place where you can experience such an extraordinary Zen experience by staying at a temple. Ryoudenji Temple i...
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Nippon.com
[Event Announcement] Sabakeru: Sustainable Seafood Culture from the Japanese Kitchen, Nov. 29, Tokyo
Come experience the culinary culture of Japan and learn about sustainable seafood at Sabakeru: Sustainable Seafood Culture from the Japanese Kitchen, a hands-on cooking event at the Tokyo Kaikan Cooking School on Wednesday, November 29, hosted by The Nippon Foundation’s Sea and Japan Project (the “Umi To Nippon Project” in Japanese) and the multilingual web publication Nippon.com. EVENT IN...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) cordially invites members of the media to the “TIME TO ACT Forum 2023: Energy Decarbonization - Toward Accelerating the Implementation of Renewable Energy in Cities.” TIME TO ACT is a climate action movement aiming to accelerate climate actions through effective measures to achieve decarbonization. The TMG continues to work together with cities, busines...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)
[TMG] Invitations Open for the Tokyo-London Green Finance Seminar 2023
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) is pleased to announce the upcoming Tokyo-London Green Finance Seminar 2023. This seminar is held jointly by the two cities in collaboration with the City of London and with the cooperation of the British Embassy in Japan. This will be the sixth seminar, which aims to expand the green finance market. This year’s event, which may be viewed in-per...
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Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)
[JNTO] Traveling for well-being through water, woods, and wilderness
Japan’s wide range of natural environments offers travelers a rich choice of ways to improve their well-being and engage with their surroundings. Well-being tourism is a type of tourism that allows people to focus completely on their own health, be it mental, emotional, or spiritual. Tourism for the sake of well-being has become a recent phenomenon, perhaps brought on by the stress of an increa...
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Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
In March 2023, the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) developed a compilation of 23 applicable agricultural technologies that could contribute to the Strategy “MIDORI”, Japan’s initiative for sustainable food systems transformation. These technologies specifically target essential areas such as greenhouse gas mitigation, and reduction of usage of chemical fer...
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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
On Wednesday, October 4, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. will hold a press conference for overseas media during which the Chief Officer for ALPS Treated Water Management will give an update on the discharge of water treated with multi-nuclide removal equipment (ALPS treated water) into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and brief the attendees on future disch...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)
The Organization of Global Financial City Tokyo (FinCity.Tokyo) is pleased to inform you that the Tokyo Sustainable Finance Week will take place from September 30 to October 6, 2023. We will be hosting the following event, and we are pleased to announce that, as of today, we are recruiting participants. We cordially invite you to join us. 1. Tokyo Sustainable Finance Forum Dat...
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Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)
1. Seeking the treasures of Morioka & Iwate: places to go in 2023 Morioka was recently spotlighted as the 2nd must-visit destination in the New York Times's "52 Places to Go in 2023", no doubt for its alluring culture, historical architecture, and cuisine. The Morioka Premium Town Walk Tour invites participants to learn everything there is to know about the town and its attraction...
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Meiji University
Professor MIYASHITA Homei, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences at Meiji University, and Project Associate Professor NAKAMURA Hiromi at the University of Tokyo (a master’s degree student at Meiji University at the time of the publication of the winning paper), have been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in Nutrition. What ’s the Ig Nobel Prize? The Ig Nobel Prize, which is a parody of...
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Kaneka Corporation
The year 2023 is the mid-term year of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and on September 18-19, the SDG Summit will be held at UN Headquarters in New York, where world leaders will gather to discuss how to achieve the SDGs. The theme of SDGs Goal No. 14 is to protect the richness of the oceans, which is to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, sea and marine resources for sustainab...
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The ICEF2023 Secretariat
Press Information Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) 2023 Announces Program of ICEF2023 is Now Available Hybrid event with in person sessions at Hotel New Otani Tokyo and online sessions (Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation is available.) Innovation for Cool Earth Forum 10th Annual Meeting. Registration for participation is now being accepted. Dates: October 4 (Wed.) –...
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PV Reborn Association
[Outline] The PV Reborn Association*1 mentioned in the website of the Ministry of Environment, Niimi Solar Company, Ltd.*2, and Tamiya Manufacturing Company*3 successfully completed a new solar panel (Rebornpanel *5) produced from raw materials including sheet glass, solar cells and interconnectors extracted from waste solar panels on July 31, 2023. This was realized by Sakumoto Solar Panel Py...