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BUSINESS / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 25, 2020

Hot spring resorts in Aichi struggling to stay afloat

The government's Go To Travel subsidy campaign offers only temporary aid for hotels that had difficulty attracting domestic visitors even before the pandemic.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 3, 2020

The not-so-secret allure of camping in Japan amid a pandemic

Public transport isn't generally an option, campers seldom use restaurants or hotels, and social distancing is virtually a given.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2020

Tokyo to ease voluntary measures on dining and travel as infections slow

Separately, the central government is reportedly weighing a plan to raise attendance limits at music and sporting events to 20,000 spectators.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 18, 2020

Let's discuss summer travel plans (or the lack of)

A Bloomberg piece looks at conflicting messages coming from the government with regard to summer vacations.
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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 21, 2020

Let's discuss the Go To Travel campaign

A central government campaign to spur domestic tourism has drawn both enthusiasm and ire, with some social media users telling urbanites to stay away from rural areas after COVID-19 cases hit a record high in Tokyo.
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LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Mar 12, 2018

Let's discuss passports and visas

Japanese and Singaporean passport holders have the greatest travel freedom worldwide, according to a survey.
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JAPAN
Oct 20, 2016

New VR service lets you travel, shop overseas without leaving home

A new virtual reality service to be tested by KDDI Corp. may allow tourists to visit and shop at locations abroad without leaving Japan, the cellphone carrier said Thursday.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 30, 2016

CDC issues Zika travel alert for 11 Southeast Asian countries

U.S. health officials on Thursday recommended that pregnant women postpone nonessential travel to 11 Southeast Asian countries because of the risk of Zika virus infection, which has been shown to cause severe birth defects.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 16, 2016

Terrorism and sexual assault cast shadow over Japanese travelers

Surely if a prize were to be awarded for the week's most controversial article, it would go to Shukan Shincho's piece titled "If you're traveling abroad, here is a phrase from the Quran you should memorize."
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHO'S WHO
Jun 28, 2011

Travel writer gets intimate with Japan

Freelance travel writer Beth Reiber knows Tokyo inside out — maybe much more than most Tokyoites.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 23, 2011

Disasters kill appetite for travel during Japan's high season

The aftershocks of the March 11 quake will be strongly felt in the tourism industry come this Golden Week.
BUSINESS
Mar 9, 2011

Expedia has big Asia travel plans

Asia's Internet-based travel market, including in Japan, is growing rapidly and the world's largest online travel agency said Tuesday it wants to cultivate it further.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Feb 27, 2005

New truths from broken conventions: travel writing outside Japan

MUSASHINO IN TUSCANY: Japanese Overseas Travel Literature, 1860-1912, by Susanna Fessler. Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2004, 297 pp., + xii pp., 29 b/w illustrations, 2004, $65.00 (cloth). Japan has a long history of travel literature. From the 10th-century "Tosa...
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2002

Travel warnings to be descriptive

The Foreign Ministry will scrap its numerical travel warning system beginning Friday and instead try to describe the level of risk Japanese travelers face when going overseas.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2002

Travel firms may put off merger plan

Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. and Nippon Travel Agency may postpone their merger scheduled for next January, officials of the two firms said Friday.
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2000

Japanese, U.S. travel giants in negotiations to form business alliance

Japan Travel Bureau Inc. said Tuesday it is in talks with Carlson Wagonlit Travel, the largest travel agency in the United States, on forming an alliance on business trips and a joint venture in Japan.
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BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2023

Small and midsized companies to boost business travel rebound in 2023

Global airlines are expected to return to profitability this year for the first time since 2019, fueled by demand for leisure trips, according to trade group IATA.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 13, 2023

Health concerns, not pride, should guide COVID-19 travel policy

Apparently China can shut its borders to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections, but Beijing doesn't think other countries should do the same.
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JAPAN
Jul 14, 2022

Japan expands eligibility of fourth COVID-19 vaccine

Despite rapidly rising cases of the BA.5 omicron subvariant, the government says it won't take further action beyond encouraging social distancing.
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JAPAN
Jun 16, 2022

Japan to up domestic tourism subsidy when campaign expands in July

The amount will increase from u00a55,000 to as much as u00a58,000 per person, covering both accommodation and transportation fees, after the program is expanded nationwide.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2021

World’s toughest travel curbs finally fall to reopening urge

Asia-Pacific countries take their firmest steps yet toward reopening to international travel.
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BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2021

Twist of fate: Peach Aviation turns to gachapon capsules to spur travel demand

Ordinarily used to dispense small toys, the airline has turned to the capsules to boost a tourism sector still in the doldrums even with the end of Japan's fifth COVID-19 wave.
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WORLD
Aug 20, 2021

U.S. extends travel curbs at Canada and Mexico land borders through Sept. 21

The United States on Friday extended the closure of its land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel such as tourism through Sept. 21 despite Ottawa's decision to open its border to vaccinated Americans.
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BUSINESS
Jul 21, 2021

Fan-free Olympics leaves hotels facing 1 million cancellations

Adding to the industry's woes, COVID-19 contributed to a 57% jump in hotel bankruptcies in 2020 to the highest level since 2011.
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BUSINESS
Jul 17, 2021

Asia’s air travel may take three years to recover from pandemic

The drawn-out timelines highlight the difficulties facing Asia and the likely consequences for jet fuel, a traditionally prized part of the oil products market.

Longform

Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly