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The Japanese government extended the ongoing COVID-19 state of emergency to the end of May to bring down the number of confirmed cases and ease the strain on hospitals. The restrictions remain unchanged regarding the closure of major commercial faci...

In order to ramp up current restrictions to contain a surge in the coronavirus cases, the government of Japan has put Tokyo under a state of emergency effective from April 25 until May 11. The stricter restrictions include the temporary closure of m...

The government of Japan designated Tokyo as an area of pre-emergency measures effective from April 12 until May 11. The introduced measures aimed to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus infections include closing business by 8:00 p.m. and mandato...

The MICE Innovation Study Group assembled for the first time in a hybrid format in Congrès Square Haneda on March 18. In order to create new forms of business events required for the present and the post-COVID-19 ages, this study group has been conti...

Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) is honored to announce that TCVB and the Union of International Associations (UIA) will host the UIA Associations Round Table Asia-Pacific in a hybrid format at Congrès Square Nihonbashi from October 21 to 22...

Aiming to keep our clients up to date about Tokyo's current business events scenes, the Business Events Team at the Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) held our first interactive online seminar for international associations, meeting planne...

The government of Japan has lifted the state of emergency over the novel coronavirus for the capital and three neighboring prefectures and relaxed participation guidance, raising the maximum number of event participants from 5,000 to 10,000 participa...

The new page has been redesigned to provide more information about diverse formats of business events. For this renewal, we added several videos promoting safety and set up new sections to introduce facilities that can hold hybrid events and faciliti...

The government of Japan decided to extend a state of emergency for the capital and three neighboring prefectures due to a slowdown in the decline of COVID-19 cases until March 21. Events remain restricted to half of their capacity and up to 5,000 a...

Effective from February 3 government of Japan extended the state of emergency to March 7.Events remain restricted to half of their capacity and up to 5,000 attendees. All events are subject to social distancing.