Tokyo Headlines

June 2021, Tokyo, Japan: The Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) is delighted to announce that Tokyo has placed the winning bid to host the IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) on April 25 - 27, 2023. The Con...

The Japanese government has decided to shift to a quasi-state of emergency until July 11. Shopping malls and department stores, including those selling nonessential goods, may operate under shortened hours, effective from June 21. Dining facilities ...

Announcing the release of the "Sustainability Experience in Tokyo" to offer ideas to international conference organizers aiming to make their events in Tokyo more sustainable. Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) Business Events Team has re...

Since the decline in the number of confirmed cases remains slow, the Japanese government extended the ongoing COVID-19 state of emergency to June 20; however, it has partially loosened the restrictions. From June 1, museums and amusement parks which ...

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...