The city, which is a modest bullet train ride away from Tokyo -- with a view of Mount Fuji on the way -- is famed ... for photo-hungry visitors. And in December Ginzan Onsen, a Japanese hot ...

The increased focus on foreign travelers follows the death of a Hong Kong woman on the outskirts of Otaru. The 61-year-old ...

Last year a barrier was briefly erected outside a convenience store with a spectacular view of Mount Fuji that had become a magnet for photo-hungry visitors. And in December Ginzan Onsen ...

Seiko Epson is pursuing loftier goals: to become both “carbon negative,” absorbing more of the greenhouse gas CO2 than it ...

SINGAPORE – A record-breaking 691,100 Singaporeans visited Japan in 2024, said the Japan National Tourism Organisation’s (JNTO) Singapore Office on Jan 15. This marked a jump of 16.9 per cent from ...

KYOTO—Kyoto authorities announced Tuesday plans to hike lodging taxes, as Japan’s ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles from locals about too many ...

Compared with December 2023, the visitor count in December 2024 rose ... To tackle overtourism, Kyoto on Jan 14 announced plans to raise hotel lodging taxes. Mount Fuji hikers also have to pay a fee ...

The city, which is a modest bullet train ride away from Tokyo - with a view of Mount Fuji on the way - is famed ... for photo-hungry visitors. And in December Ginzan Onsen, a Japanese hot spring ...

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast ...