Accommodation Tokyo to Introduce 3 Percent Lodging Tax From 2027 Kim Bergström Nov 28, 2025 The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced that it intends to move from the current fixed-fee system to a percentage-based tax set at 3 percent of
Activities Hakone: A Cautionary Tale Amanda Brattebo The story of a spontaneous day trip turned disaster.
Planning Japan To Issue New Banknotes in July 2024 Tom Roseveare Jun 17, 2024 From July 3rd 2024, the Bank of Japan will be issuing new banknotes for the main denominations of 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen, a change announced
Culture Proposed Tokyo 2020 Logo Makes Waves Jerome Lee Aug 24, 2015 A new-proposed Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo, by a Japanese graphic designer living in Spain, is garnering favourable attention
Kyoto Bicycle-Friendly City by 2020 Claire Rieuneau May 11, 2015 Kyoto will became a bicycle-friendly city by 2020.
16 Activities RoboCup Japan Open 2015 in Fukui Takako Sakamoto RoboCup Japan Open, the annual autonomous robots competition, was held in 2015 in Fukui.
Culture Watching a Noh Play Sleiman Azizi Seeing a Noh play at the National Noh Theatre in Tokyo is easy. Tickets can be bought at the box office or online.