JUNGLIA Okinawa opened in July 2025 to a backlash: 430-minute queues, a review-deletion controversy, and attendance below plan. At its first anniversary in July 2026, first-year attendance came to about one million against a 1.5-million break-even benchmark, while the local economic ripple effect was put at 49.4 billion yen.
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Bungujoshi Haku 2025, Japan's largest stationery festival, ran December 18-21 at Pacifico Yokohama. A record 184 exhibitors brought more than 70,000 items to an event that has drawn 700,000 visitors since 2017. Inside: venue-only products, hands-on booths, and what the theme "Which Stationery Will You Choose Today?" looked like on the floor.