Can Japan solve its growing over-tourism crisis?
Japan saw 36.9 million international visitors in 2024, up 47.1% on the previous year, surpassing the 2019 record of 31.9 million, immediately before the pandemic put the brakes on leisure travel.
Tokyo for first-timers: The best neighbourhoods for urban explorers
This is your definitive guide to the city’s best neighbourhoods and most stylish hangouts, writes Michelle Tchea Pulsating.
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Kyoto’s famed Gion-kaku tower open to public until Sept. 30
It was designed by Chuta Ito, an architect who was also involved in the construction of Heian Jingu shrine in Kyoto and Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo. The interior features reproductions of ancient ...
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Meiji Yasuda to acquire U.S. peer Banner Life
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance said Friday that it will acquire Banner Life Insurance for about ¥352.2 billion while investing about ¥130 billion for a 5% equity stake in the U.S. firm's parent ...
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SUMO/ Akebono, first foreign-born yokozuna in 1993, dies at 54
Akebono, right, the first foreigner to be promoted to yokozuna, makes his first public appearance in front of 4,000 fans at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 1993. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) ...