Attaining a circular economy needs transforming policy and business. Also, it will need a new way of approach to alliances and partnerships. At this week’s Japan Circular Economy Roundtable, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) and Keidanren (Japan Business …
Published on : Thursday, July 18, 2019
A record 16.63 million foreigners visited Japan in the first six months of 2019. It marked a 4.6 per cent rise compared to previous year for the same period. Japan’s relaxed visa regulations for Chinese and other nationals helped to …
Published on : Tuesday, July 9, 2019
With Japan expecting about 400,000 overseas visitors for the Rugby World Cup set to begin in September this year, hot-spring resorts across the country are concerned with the ever-present issue of how to handle customers who have tattoos. According to …
Published on : Thursday, July 4, 2019
Japan is on high flood alert as a month’s rain is expected to fall in one day. Japan can get as much as 20 inches of rainfall that might lead to flash floods, mudslides and travel disruptions, threatening more lives. Prime …
Published on : Saturday, June 22, 2019
Japan has urged foreign tourists to invest in travel insurance, with large numbers of uninsured travellers entering the country and leaving behind unpaid medical bills that are putting great strain on Japanese hospital budgets. As per a Japanese Government …
Published on : Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Slovenia and Japan have started again talking over the introduction of scheduled services between the two countries. Aleš Cantarutti, the Slovenian State Secretary at the Ministry for Economy and Technological Development, organized Japan’s Minister for Economy, Commerce and Industry, Yoshihiro …
Published on : Friday, June 7, 2019
Much has been heard in terms of Japan’s target of hitting 40 million foreign arrivals by 2020, the year it organizes the Olympics Games in Tokyo. Yet not said much about of the country’s target of increasing visitor expenditure by …
Published on : Thursday, June 6, 2019
Japan’s Torishima Island region was jolted by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 on June 4, Bernama News quoted the weather agency as saying. On Japan’s seismic scale which peaks at 7, the quake registered 4 in …
Published on : Saturday, June 1, 2019
Narita will be the first airport in the country to deploy the system, called One ID, ahead of an expected spike in foreign arrivals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. NEC Corp. claims that it will …
Published on : Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Record 2,926,700 foreign visitors set foot in Japan in April 2019 as per the government data. It reflected a 0.9 per cent rise from that of last year. The growth has been attributed to the effective promotion of the country’s …
Published on : Thursday, May 16, 2019
The north-east coast of Japan’s southern Amami-Oshima Island was jolted by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 today morning, the weather agency in Tokyo said Wednesday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the quake occurred at …
Published on : Saturday, May 11, 2019
The coast of southern Japan was hit by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 today (May 10), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake struck at 8.48am local time. The earthquake struck at a shallow depth of …
Published on : Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) cancelled 32 domestic flights on Wednesday due to a glitch in its automated check-in system. It affected about 2,500 passengers. The system was restored by 10 a.m. JAL is investigating the cause of the problem, which …
Published on : Friday, April 26, 2019
The Nikkei Asian Review article, Japan got better than a good deal with tourist boom, highlights the important discussion of the downside of the rapid increase in international tourism in Japan. A lot of the problems I read in …
Published on : Saturday, April 20, 2019
Japan has sought Pentagon’s permission to use its own military airstrip during the 2020 Olympic Games. Japan Yokota airstrip is shared with the U.S. forces. Tokyo is seeking to increase its passenger capacity in July and August …
Published on : Thursday, April 18, 2019
In Kyoto, the traditional retail market is overrun by foreign tourists, many of them eating skewered shrimp and other local delicacies as they stroll, making it difficult for daily shoppers to carry on their business. Posters saying “No Eating While …
Published on : Saturday, April 13, 2019
Tourism brings a lot of benefits to communities around the world but tourism hotspots are also facing a lot of pressure with increase of tourist numbers. Locals are objecting to being crowded out of restaurants and parks. They are …
Published on : Friday, April 12, 2019
In Japanese, there’s a popular saying: dumplings over blossoms – which means substance is better than beauty. However, that might sell short the phenomenon of cherry-blossom season in Japan. In the course of couple of weeks, cherry trees all …
Published on : Wednesday, April 10, 2019
An estimated 63 million people travel to and within Japan to experience the Cherry Blossoms and spend about U.S. dollars 2.7 billion as per an analysis from Kansai University. Cherry trees across the country burst into bloom from March to …
Published on : Wednesday, April 10, 2019
JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization) Sydney’s Office will expand its focus across the Tasman Sea for playing a more proactive role in attracting New Zealand travellers to Japan. To quote Kana Wakabayashi, the executive director of JNTO Sydney Office, …
Published on : Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Tourists are turning into nuisance more often than not and destinations are becoming wary of them. Japan’s famous Nanzoin Temple, with its huge statue of a reclining Buddha, attracts hordes of tourists. But now signs in 12 languages warn foreign …
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