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Japan’s new travel guidelines restrict entry to escorted visitors only. The rules have sparked chaos and confusion just as Asia’s largest advanced economy seeks to resuscitate its $36bn tourism market ... ( read original story ...)

"This will be my first time in Japan and also my first time in Asia. I am looking forward to it. I have been watching [Japanese reality TV show] Terrace House to learn some phrases," she said. She is ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese PM is expected to draw parallels at the Singapore forum between Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's increasingly assertive behaviour in Asia His planned attendance at a Nato summit ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's businesses are pinning hopes on an inbound tourism recovery as the country resumed the process of accepting foreign tourists for the first time since suspending it more than two years ago due ... ( read original story ...)

Across the world, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked anger, denunciation and sanctions. In Japan, though, the Russian leader faces punishment of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's wholesale prices rose 9.1% in May from a year earlier, slowing from the previous month's increase as the recent spike in fuel costs moderated, data showed on Friday. But the yen-based import ... ( read original story ...)

Souvenirs, or omiyage, are a big deal in Japan, and every area has their own specialties and famous treats that can be easily picked up in gift shops, train stations, and airports. For Tokyo, their ... ( read original story ...)

Japan reopened to foreign tourists on Friday, taking the first step toward increasing inbound tourism to help turn around its economy ... ( read original story ...)

Caeli McKay doesn't call herself a whimp anymore because she knows she's not. The Canadian diver has discovered in herself a battler who can compete in pain at the highest levels of her sport. The ... ( read original story ...)

Last month, one railway network in Tokyo switched its entire network to electricity derived from renewable energy. It’s the first time a railway has become entirely net-carbon neutral. ( read original story ...)

U.N. member nations have elected five countries to join the powerful U.N. Security Council with no suspense or drama because all were unopposed -- Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland ... ( read original story ...)

Japan was among five countries elected Thursday to hold a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for 2023 and 2024. Switzerland, Mozambique, Malta and Ecuador will also take up ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's most popular pro cosplayer is teaming up with Inuyasha creator Rumiko Takahashi to portray the manga's author's most famous characters. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japan on Wednesday criticized Russia's announcement that it is suspending an agreement allowing the Japanese to fish in waters near disputed islands, as relations between the two countries ... ( read original story ...)

Foreign tourists are finally being allowed back in - if they wear face masks and are accompanied by a chaperone ... ( read original story ...)

Wendy Wu Tours has reported its highest ever proportion of Japan bookings ahead of the country’s reopening, prompting it to add a new itinerary. Japan is set to welcome back UK tourist groups from ... ( read original story ...)