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Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe) Online Events (Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 8, 9）
1. Hiroshima Round Table 2021: 8/31 Public Webinar & 9/1 Press Conference 2. 2021 Hiroshima Business Forum for Global Peace: 9/8, 9 =============================================================================== 1. Public Webinar and Press Conference of the Hiroshima Round Table 2021 Please join us for the Hiroshima Round Table 2021, a public webinar and press conference whi...
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Saitama Prefecture
On Sunday, August 8, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which created many exciting stories, came to a close. Exciting matches were held in Saitama’s venues for basketball, football, shooting, and golf. During the Games, media from around the world reported on tourist attractions in Saitama. This release will introduce some of Saitama’s attractions which were featured in foreign media. □■━━━━━━━...
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Chiba Prefectural Tourism & Local Products Association
Online Information Sessions for International Media
*** To view this information on our website, please visit: https://www.visitchiba.jp/press-and-media/ *** Chiba Prefecture, the home of Narita International Airport, is conveniently located next to Tokyo. The Chiba Prefectural Tourism and Local Products Association invites you to join information sessions about three selected locations here in Chiba. Please see the information below for the ...
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Smart119 Inc.
Smart119 Corporation (Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, CEO: Taka-aki Nakada), a medical - IT startup company originating from Chiba University, today announced that it has raised a total of 306.75 million yen in funding in order to strengthen its business, from the following companies: Nissay Capital Corporation (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Tetsuya Adachi), Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capit...
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Mahabharata Executive Committee
Envisioning a Diverse World with Asian Dancers and Performers in a Theatrical Production of The Mahabharata, World’s First Production to Adapt the Entire Mahabharata since Peter Brook in 1985 The theatrical adaptation of the Indian epic The Mahabharata is organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and is a co-hosted program of TOKYO 2020 NIPPON FESTIVAL, a cultural...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) today hosted the Sustainable Recovery Tokyo Forum (Re StaRT), a hybrid online/in-person event. Participants included the leaders of the cities of Paris, Los Angeles, Brisbane, and Dakar, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to Japan. We are pleased to announce that the Tokyo Declaration on Sustainable Rec...
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Mayors for Peace
Youth Webinar for Peace Action
Mayors for Peace, which is presided over by the Mayor of Hiroshima, is a non-partisan organization consisting of over 8,000 member cities in 165 countries and regions around the world. It promotes various initiatives in solidarity with these member cities transcending national borders for the realization of an ultimate goal of nuclear weapons abolition and everlasting world peace. In July, M...
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Meiji University
Meiji.net is a university-originated information transmission site where faculty members of Meiji University explain familiar social issues and make recommendations through their own research. In addition to the existing Meiji.net Japanese site, an English site has been launched to disseminate the University’s research ability not only in Japan but also to the world, in order to improve the uni...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) formulated the “Global Financial City: Tokyo” Vision (hereon in referred to as “the Vision”) in November of 2017. In order to properly respond to major changes in the international finance environment and establish Tokyo as a global financial hub, the Vision is now being updated. We are happy to announce that we have drafted the revised version of the ...
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The Nippon Foundation Volunteer Support Center
The Nippon Foundation Volunteer Support Center (also popularly known as “Volasapo”) announced the launch of a website for "Yell for one” on 20 July. On this website, the anthems or flag songs of the 204 countries and territories participating in the Tokyo 2020 Games are sung, as a way to cheer on athletes and spectators who would have visited Japan. The “Yell for one” website is available at...
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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...
