The Japanese government has started to ease its restraints on entry, exit, re-entry and return to Japan from particular countries and regions. Vietnam...
Osaka was selected on November 23, 2018, by the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) to host the World Expo 2025. In the months that...
Globally, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) declined by 65% in the first half of 2020 compared with the same period previous year, according to the...
Japan’s accelerated strategy for infrastructure exports has garnered new attention since Shinzo Abe announced his decision to resign as prime minister. Mr. Abe had...
Japan’s 2020 action plan for infrastructure-related exports was revealed in early July, and for the first time it identified Japan’s shipbuilding industries as a...
Photo: Mori Building Co Ltd’s new Toranomon Yokocho The Japanese hospitality industry was among the hardest hit by the new coronavirus pandemic, combined with business and...
Wealthy Chinese are accelerating their bids to take over financially-stressed Japanese ryokan-style hotels in fire sales triggered by the loss of guests during the...
Japan’s oldest ocean liner, Hikawa Maru (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, NYK Line), which moors at Yamashita Park in Yokohama City, marked her 90th anniversary on...
Near Hibiya, underneath Tokyo’s red brick arch with more than a century of history, businessmen and visitors alike are scheduled to welcome several modern-style restaurants...
Tokyo’s newest train station, the Takanawa Gateway Station, will open on Saturday, March 14, promising to showcase an abundance of futuristic technology. Sited on...
A new attraction featuring characters and stories of the Harry Potter novel and film will be built on the site of “Toshimaen,” the Seibu...
Takuya Kitagawa, managing executive officer and chief data officer, Rakuten Inc., will be the keynote speaker at the “Next Generation Roundtable in Tokyo” (NGRT) organized...
