In the early hours of January 5, 2025, just after 5:00 a.m., while pre-dawn stillness held sway over Tokyo, the Toyosu Market—one of the world’s largest seafood markets—was charged with its once-a-year electricity.
On July 25, 2025, a vast tract of land straddling Nakijin Village and Nago City in northern Okinawa Island welcomed a brand-new theme park: **JUNGLIA OKINAWA**.
It was in 2008, in the aftermath of the global financial crisis when Barack Obama was elected the president of the United States with the support of a grassroots campaign using social media.