News/Press Releases
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Tokyo ranked 7th in the world in 2011, according to UIA
The Union of International Associations (UIA) has published its 2011 global statistics on international meetings. Tokyo ranked 7th in the world in both the Type A Category - meetings of international organizations - and the Type B - other internat...
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Update information: Assessment of Japan (Tokyo) Travel for Business Events
Assessment Report
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The Logo of the 2012 Annual Meetings of IMF/WBG has been adopted.
The Logo of the 2012 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group which will be held in Tokyo in October has been adopted. Please refer to the press release.
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The 12th World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit was held on April 16-17 in Sendai and April 17-19 in Tokyo.
We greeted the participants who arrived at Tokyo Station from Sendai with a welcome sign, and we entertained them at the summit venue in a very Japanese manner with cha-no-yu (tea ceremony). At this WTTC Global Summit, for which Prime Minister Y...
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Palace Hotel Tokyo to Debut May 17 near Imperial Palace -290-room hotel in Marunouchi to jockey for position as one of Japan's finest independent properties-
Press Release: http://www.palacehotelstokyo.com/press_release/20120131PHTDebut.pdf The hotel's Aoi banquet hall, which can accommodate up to 1, 500 people, will feature a rare structure in the city: a glass wall measuring 7 m in height and 22 m...
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Special Interview with the Secretary General, Japan Secretariat for the 2012 Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group
The biggest events to be held in Tokyo in 2012 are the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group. The Annual Meetings are joint meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group. They are held two out of every th...
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Registration begins for the 12th WTTC Global Summit
Registration has begun for the most influential event in the travel and tourism industry, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit, to be held in Tokyo and Sendai in April. Name: The 12th WTTC Global Summit Theme: A Dynamic I...
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The official website for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group 2012 in Tokyo has been launched
The Ministry of Finance has launched a host country website for the 2012 Annual Meetings, through which it will provide the public with various information on the meetings. The annual meetings will be held with the attendance of the finance minis...
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The Tokyo Motor Show came to a successful end on December 11. There were a total of 842, 600 visitors to the show
This year's motor show was held in central Tokyo for the first time in 24 years. The 2011 show's theme was "Mobility can change the world" and more than 170 companies from 13 countries and regions participated, with exhibits centered on enviro...
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Tokyo has been chosen as the host city of the 78th IEC General Meeting in 2014
On October 28, at the 75th International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) General Meeting in Melbourne, Australia, the IEC Council approved Tokyo as the host city for the 78th General Meeting, scheduled to take place 4-15 November, 2014. Thi...