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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...
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2020 Yosakoide Support Project Executive Committee
PREMIUM YOSAKOI IN TOKYO Energize the world with Impressive performance ・ Yosakoi !
The Yosakoi Festival, which was born in Kochi Prefecture in 1954, is now a dance culture held in 200 places in Japan and in dozens of countries around the world. Yosakoi teams from all over the world will come together to make the world smile and encourage them through live stage dances s and online video dances. While people are suffering from the spread of the Covid-19, we will carry out a ...
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Arts Council Tokyo
＜Date and Time: 14:00–15:00, Thursday, June 24, 2021> The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) will hold an online press conference on Thursday, June 24, 2021, about the Tokyo Tokyo Festival, the cultural program Tokyo is running as the host city of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. (This press conference is open t...
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The Asahi Glass Foundation
2021 BLUE PLANET PRIZE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRIZE WINNERS
This year marks the 30th awarding of the Blue Planet Prize, the international environmental award sponsored by the Asahi Glass Foundation, chaired by Takuya Shimamura. Every year, the Foundation selects two winners, individuals or organizations who have made significant contributions to the resolution of global environmental problems. The Board of Directors have selected the following 2021 Bl...
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Snow Country Tourism Office
TIMELESS YUKIGUNI Promotional Movie wins International Tourism Film Awards!
The TIMELESS YUKIGUNI movie has been awarded prizes at Film Festivals in Turkey and South Africa. Both festivals are part of the world’s biggest International Tourism Film Network, CIFFT, which is certified by the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization.) International Tourism Film Festival Africa – ITFFA (South Africa ): Gold Award in Tourism Services International Tourism Film Fe...
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) is preparing its Tokyo Media Center (TMC) for full operation to welcome and support the global press with their coverage during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Due to the postponement of the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Games, TMC website services were halted but will now resume website operations starting today. TMC will provide a variety of...
