Integra closes its first round with funds from Spain and Japan
Integra Therapeutics (Integra Tx), a biotechnology company that develops state-of-the-art gene editing tools that improve the effectiveness of advanced genetic therapies, has closed an investment round of 1.5 million euros led by the Valencian venture capital manager Columbus Venture Partners. This investment completes the contribution of 4.5 million euros made in December by the funds, […]
Sabadell hosts the Sakura Matsuri fair dedicated to Japan from April 29th to May 1st
The first edition of the Sakura Matsuri fair, dedicated to Japan, will take place in the town of Sabadell from April 29th to May 1st. This event is focused on its globality to the culture and life in the Japanese country. Thus, the Fira de Sabadell venue will offer one hundred activities including samples of […]
A Japanese delegation visits Iberdrola’s green hydrogen plant in Puertollano
A Japanese delegation, led by the counselor of the Embassy of Japan in Spain, Yoji Kitamura, together with the president of Mitsubishi Spain, Makoto Hattori, the general director of Mitsui & Co Europe – Spain Branch, Daisuke Chihara, and the general director of JETRO Madrid Office (Japan External Trade Organization), Tatsuya Kato, have visited the […]
The Barça Academy in Japan will have a venue in Hiroshima
The city of Hiroshima will have a Barça Academy from next May. The city will join those of Fukuoka, Katsushika, Nara and Yokohama as the permanent home of a FC Barcelona football school. With this new headquarters, Japan becomes the second country with the most Barça Academy projects in the world, only surpassed by the […]
Emerging Japanese cinema at the Cineteca in Madrid
The Madrid City Council brings to the city a selection of emerging Japanese cinema. The appointment is until March 27 at the Cineteca Madrid. The cycle has been organized together with the Japan Foundation. It offers an unusual sample of the concerns of a new generation of Japanese filmmakers, who are renewing the country’s cinematographic […]
Japan rewards the tourist promotion of the city of Madrid
The video ‘Ten plans to live in Madrid’, produced by the Council of Tourism of the of the capital, has just won an award at the fourth edition of the Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival. The audiovisual production has achieved the second prize in the urban destination category of this contest, in which 1,534 videos […]
Japan announces new sanctions against Russia and Belarus over invasion of Ukraine
Japan’s government on Tuesday approved a plan to apply new sanctions against Russia and Belarus, including a ban on the export of material for refining oil, in response to the invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24 by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to information gathered by the Japanese television network NHK, […]
Japan sends bulletproof vests, helmets, food and clothing to Ukraine
The authorities of Japan have sent on Tuesday bulletproof vests, helmets, food supply and winter clothing to Ukraine, this being the first time that the Asian country sends this type of material to another country due to its pacifist position after World War II. The KC-767 transport plane departed from Komaki Air Base in central […]
Companies from Japan and the U.S. join forces to offer a flying taxi service
The ANA group, parent of the Japanese airline All Nippon Airways, announced on Tuesday that it has forged an alliance with the American company Joby Aviation to launch a flying taxi service in Japan. Joby’s prototype is a five-seater section with autonomy to travel 241 kilometers at a maximum speed of 321 km / hour, […]
Hokkaido (Japan) will host the Adventure Travel World Summit 2023
The Japanese city of Hokkaido will host the Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS) from September 11 to 14, 2023. This world summit will bring together for four days the main tourism agents, travel advisors and media, who will have the opportunity to know all the adventure possibilities offered by Hokkaido as well as the activities […]