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15/03/2023

【INFO】Kanazawa Marathon 2023 – Call for participants

Kanazawa Marathon 2023 – Call for participants!  Kanazawa Marathon is a marathon that takes you around the historic castle town of Kanazawa.   This year, for the first time in four years, we can welcome back overseas participants!  Entries are open from Wednesday, 15 March, to Wednesday, 31 May (Japan time).  Capacity is limited to 1,000 […]

17/02/2023

【NEW】Tokyo Metropolitan Government International Affairs Email newsletter

Tokyo Metropolitan Government regularly publishes articles about pioneering policies and initiatives, as well as the attractions of Tokyo including its nature and culture, regularly issuing and sending an English newsletter to some 70 leading cities overseas and all of the embassies and representative offices in Tokyo. New editions of ‘WHAT’S UP’ are now available online […]

14/02/2023

【INFO】’My favourite MIYAZAKI’ PR Video

This promotional video for Miyazaki Prefecture interviewed English-speaking people living in the region to get their authentic stories. They talked about “My favourite Miyazaki” as they felt it while living there. The video is designed to give an image of what Miyazaki has to offer to people living overseas and those living in Japan.

30/01/2023

【NEW】FREE WEBINAR ”Cook Local Japan” with JLGC & Kanako Mathys

Sunday 26 February – 11.00-12.00Zoom Webinar (Free) Join us for a webinar to delve into the world of Japanese regional foods and discover how to pair cheese with Japanese cuisine! Our ‘Cook Local Japan‘ website introduces regional foods of Japan and recipes, as well as promoting regional tourism. The upcoming webinar will focus on sharing […]

16/12/2022

【INFO】Announcing the Tokyo-London Financial Seminar 2023

We are pleased to announce that “Tokyo-London Financial Seminar 2023” will be held in London (2 February 2023), organised jointly by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and the City of London Corporation. The seminar aims to highlight asset management and FinTech opportunities in Tokyo and attract relevant companies into the Tokyo market. Please see the […]

16/12/2022

【INFO】Visit us at the startup event “City-Tech.Tokyo”

“City-Tech.Tokyo” will be held in Tokyo in February 2023. This is the first global event for startups, led by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. World-renowned figures of innovation in infrastructure, environment and other themes, such as Ben Horowitz who is the prominent venture capitalist in the world, will take the stage to talk about how to […]

30/11/2022

【NEW】Tokyo Metropolitan Government International Affairs Email newsletter

Tokyo Metropolitan Government regularly publishes articles about pioneering policies and initiatives, as well as the attractions of Tokyo including its nature and culture, regularly issuing and sending an English newsletter to some 70 leading cities overseas and all of the embassies and representative offices in Tokyo. New editions of ‘WHAT’S UP’ are now available online […]

24/11/2022

【INFO】Call for Nominations of Candidates for the 3rd Yakamochi Medal

Toyama Prefecture is known as the place where the most important eighth-century Japanese poet, Otomo no Yakamochi, composed many splendid poems. He compiled his poems and those of local people into Japan’s oldest surviving anthology of poetry, Manyoshu, which has been read for generations for around 1,300 years. In 2017, on the commemoration of the […]

07/11/2022

【NEW】Japanese regions line up at World Travel Market London

Staged annually in London, the 2022 edition of World Travel Market – the leading global event for the travel industry – returns to ExCel London this week from 7-9 November. Following the recent lifting of restrictions on travel to Japan, at World Travel Market London there will be representatives from Tokyo, Fukui, Gifu, Hokkaido, Northern Kyushu (Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Oita, […]

06/10/2022

【NEW】Tokyo Metropolitan Government International Affairs Email newsletter

Tokyo Metropolitan Government regularly publishes articles about pioneering policies and initiatives, as well as the attractions of Tokyo including its nature and culture, regularly issuing and sending an English newsletter to some 70 leading cities overseas and all of the embassies and representative offices in Tokyo. New editions of ‘WHAT’S UP’ are now available online […]