This page introduces noteworthy press releases for the foreign press.
The FPCJ helps build connections between foreign press researching stories about specific topics and regions in Japan, and organizations including businesses, universities, and government at the local and national level.
＜Click here for information on how to have your press release listed＞
-
Shimizu Corporation
【Press Announcement】Construction Robot Laboratory Tours (April 23)
As we fret over the large exodus of skilled technical workers, we seek to build a forward-thinking production system where autonomous robots outfitted with Shimizu's state-of-the-art technology collaborate with humans to carry forward construction projects. This ambition drives our development of construction robots. As part of this effort, we have opened a construction robot laboratory inside ...
-
NIES
Global Warming Stimulates CO2 Emissions from Forest Soil in Shirakami-Sanchi
Globally, 360 Gt of CO2 is emitted from soils (soil respiration) and released to the atmosphere every year. About 70% of soil respiration is derived from decomposition of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) by soil microbiota (heterotrophic respiration). Heterotrophic respiration exponentially increases with increasing temperature; consequently, the carbon released t...
-
Food Chemicals Newspaper Inc.
＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Date: May 16 (Wed.) to 18 (Fri.), 2018 Venue: Tokyo Big Sight (East Hall 1・2 & Conference Tower) Organizer: Food Chemicals Newspaper, Inc. http://www.ifiajapan.com/en ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ What is ifia JAPAN? Intern...
-
-
Yumi Katsura International Co., Ltd
BEYOND EAST & WEST (Event Report)
Traditional Japanese Craftsmanship presented to the world at the State Guest House, Akasaka Palace (February 20, 2018) Event Report Yumi Katsura International and its president, the fashion designer Yumi Katsura, held floor shows featuring 60 kimono and dresses created using traditional Japanese handicraft techniques. These shows help convey both in Japan and overseas the innovati...
-
RISTEX
This press release is available in Japanese only.
-
PACIFICO Yokohama
Official and popular names decided for the new Minato Mirai MICE facility opening in spring 2020
The new facility, including one of the largest multi-purpose halls in Japan, can respond to increasing demand in the MICE market. PACIFICO Yokohama (official name: Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama; location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; President and Representative Director: Takashi Suzuki), one of the largest MICE*1 complexes in Japan, is delighted to announce that the official...
-
Ito City
【Press Announcement】6th All-Japan Pillow Fighting Tournament in Ito Onsen
Pillow fights are a normal part of school trips in Japan, when several students sleep in the same hotel room and start throwing pillows at each other. Known for its onsen (hot springs), Ito City in Shizuoka is the first place in Japan to turn pillow fights into a competitive sport. This unique event in which competitors can relieve stress by throwing pillows at each other is held in order to pr...
-
Miyazaki Prefecture
[Notice] Shochu Nonjoruno Miyazaki in Tokyo 2018, Media Presentation and Tasting
＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Time and Date: 16:30-18:00, Tuesday, February 20, 2018 (Registration opens at 16:00) Location: Asakusa View Hotel, 4F (3-17-1 Nishiasakusa. Taito, Tokyo) ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Miyazaki Prefecture, located in the southeast of Kyushu, has ...
-
-
NIRA Nippon Institute for Research Advancement
Press Conference (Feb.5): Structural Reforms for Regional Revitalization in Japan
=================================================================== Press Conference on Structural Reforms for Regional Revitalization in Japan Dr. Tatsuo Hatta, one of the core supporters for regulatory reforms in Japan, and two other Japan’s leading academics explain the key issues on structural reforms for regional revitalization in Japan. =============...
-
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
The Ministry of the Environment to Cohost “Update Fukushima,” a Panel Discussion
The Ministry of the Environment , Japan(MOEJ) will cohost a Panel Discussion “Update Fukushima”—Cheer Fukushima by Knowing It More and Sharing That Knowledge More, to be hosted by the Update Fukushima Executive Committee and held at the United Nations University’s U Thant International Conference Hall (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) on Saturday, February 10, 2018. While environmental recovery in Fukushima...
-
POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. joins the MIT Media Lab Consortium
POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; President: Kazuya Kugimaru) of the POLA ORBIS Group will join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab*1as a Consortium*2Lab Member (CLM) as part of a new mid-term management plan that looks toward the group’s approaching 100th anniversary in 2029. Becoming a CLM will spark creativity and ...
-
Toyama Prefecture
We have closed registration since there are no more openings available. Thank you! - Date: Thu. February 1st from 11:00 to 13:00 (reception desk will open at 10:30) - Location: Toyama Hamasaku in the Nihonbashi Toyama (Nihonbashi Daiei Building 1F, 1-2-6 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo City, Tokyo) =============================================== -- “Know and Taste the Wonders o...
-
Toyama City, Toyama Television Broadcasting
Notice: Toyama City Press Tour (Jan. 22, 2018)
*This tour is targeted at foreign media With the declining birthrate and aging population, increasing the number of permanent residents is a goal of regional cities throughout Japan. With nuclear families and households where both parents work now common, policies to assist families in raising children are an urgent issue for society as a whole, including businesses and local communiti...
