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Japan begins trials for disaster info service for tourists
Published on 15/04/2019
» OSAKA: A government bureau in western Japan began trials on Monday for their multilingual smartphone-based service to provide overseas tourists with disaster information after a number of natural disasters hit the area last summer.
Philippines to exceed 2018 target number of Japanese tourists
Published on 13/12/2018
» MANILA: Tourism officials said on Thursday the Philippines will surpass this year its target of attracting 600,000 tourists from Japan, its fourth top source of foreign tourists.
Giant 'Pac-Man' rock in Japan drawing climbers
Published on 09/12/2018
» MIYAZAKI, Japan: A giant rock that resembles video game character Pac-Man is drawing climbers to a mountain in southwestern Japan, with visitors eager to capture images to share on social networks.
Japan delights at Osaka winning bid to host Expo 2025
Published on 25/11/2018
» OSAKA: People in Japan, especially those in Osaka and its vicinity, have expressed delight at news the city was picked to host World Expo 2025.
Tourists arrested over powder scattered at Kyoto castle
Published on 19/04/2018
» KYOTO: Three Taiwanese women have been arrested on suspicion of entering Nijo Castle, a Unesco World Heritage site in Kyoto, with the aim of blotting it with powder in April 2017, police said on Thursday.
Japan opens sightseeing route featuring 17-metre snow walls
Published on 16/04/2018
» TOYAMA, Japan: A sightseeing route running through the Tateyama mountain range in central Japan's Northern Alps opened on Monday, offering views at one point of snow walls as tall as 17 metres each side of the road.
Japan sees Hong Kong as test market to attract tourists
Published on 25/03/2018
» HONG KONG: With trips to Japan being so popular among people from Hong Kong, Tokyo sees the city as a testing ground for trying out various initiatives and analysing behavioural patterns as it seeks to attract more foreign tourists.
Visitors to Japan rises 23% to February record
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2018
» TOKYO: The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in February jumped 23.3% from a year earlier to 2,509,300, a record for the month, the Japan Tourism Agency said Tuesday.
Japan working to convert squat toilets to Western-style
Published on 28/01/2018
» TOKYO: Japan has been working to convert its traditional squat toilets in public places to Western-style sitting ones amid the influx of foreign tourists who are not familiar with the Japanese style.
1 dead, 11 hurt as volcano erupts near resort in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 23/01/2018
» MAEBASHI, Japan: A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member died and 11 other people were injured as a volcano erupted Tuesday morning near a ski resort in eastern Japan, spewing cinders and possibly causing an avalanche, the government and local authorities said.