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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 18, 2017
Menu offers opportunity to meet the meat
The "Meet Meat Promotion," which runs through May 31 at The Tokyo Station Hotel, is part of an ongoing dinner promotion under the concept of "sharing and enjoying meat dishes."
Japan Times
WORLD
May 12, 2017
Airlines bracing for laptop ban on Europe-U.S. flights at peak season
Airline and travel-industry groups are quietly expressing concern about a plan under consideration by U.S. security authorities to prohibit passengers from carrying their laptop computers into the cabin on flights from Europe.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 11, 2017
Buffet offers chance to try authentic Peruvian cuisine
The ANA InterContinental Tokyo's second-floor Cascade Cafe is offering its first Peruvian buffet dinner through June 30.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
May 4, 2017
Bento offers perfect spring picnic
As part of several gourmet garden delights offered at the Tokyo Marriott Hotel, the Green Garden Terrace Box, which is a three-tiered lunch box wrapped in a furoshiki wrapping cloth, is a springtime treat available at the Terrace of Lounge & Dining G until May 31.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 27, 2017
Welcome the summer with cold craft beer
A craft beer event, "Hop & Eats," with live music will be held on May 14 at Tennoz Central Tower, Canal Garden, near the Tennoz Isle waterfront.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 22, 2017
Tellmeclub's bankruptcy grounds discount travel services
On March 27, discount travel company Tellmeclub filed for bankruptcy while a number of its Japanese customers were still overseas on package tours.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2017
Colas, cigarettes: North Korea airline diversifies as threats mount of sanctions
Even after disembarking from North Korea's Air Koryo plane at Pyongyang airport, it is difficult to miss the airline's brand. The Air Koryo conglomerate makes cigarettes and fizzy drinks, besides owning a taxi fleet and gas stations — and all have the same flying crane logo as the carrier.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 21, 2017
Festive cakes fete children
From April 29 to May 7, the Royal Park Hotel is selling six different types of cakes to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2017
Time for a real passenger bill of rights
Americans have been mad as hell. Now, it seems, they're not going to take it anymore.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2017
Overbooking is a problem as old as the airline industry
Overbooking was the solution to the costly problem of 'no-shows' — people who reserved a seat but failed to board — that emerged in the late 1940s.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Apr 15, 2017
Same same but different
'What will you do after you leave your job?'
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 13, 2017
Springtime dining in the 'garden of France'
La Tour d'Argent at The Hotel New Otani Tokyo has created a selection of food specialties inspired by the regional cuisine of France's Loire Valley. Two dinner courses, priced at ¥18,000 and ¥25,000 (excluding drinks, tax and service charge), are available until April 25 (closed Mondays).
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Apr 11, 2017
New Emirates routes; China Airlines milestone; JAL teams with American
New Emirates routes
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 6, 2017
Celebration of spring events
The Imperial Hotel Tokyo is offering a limited spring plan through April 25 for guests to celebrate school entrances. The wide variety of sweets and picnic boxes available at Gargantua, the hotel bakery on the first floor, is also perfect for hanami cherry blossom viewing parties.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 30, 2017
New rooms mark anniversary
Hotel Rose Garden Shinjuku, in commemorating its 20th anniversary, opened a new wing with 40 rooms on March 22.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 30, 2017
Bankrupt travel agency Tellmeclub admits to faking profits to stay afloat
A failed budget travel agency that offered overseas tours repeatedly misrepresented its finances since 2014, according to a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings obtained by Kyodo News on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Mar 29, 2017
The psychological perils of a Japanese homestay
All the homestays I have done in my life — three of them — were psychologically traumatic in uniquely torturous ways.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 27, 2017
Discount travel agency Tellmeclub files for bankruptcy
Tokyo-based travel agency Tellmeclub filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court on Monday with liabilities estimated at ¥15.1 billion, including ¥9.9 billion relating to 36,000 travel contracts.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 25, 2017
Designer Mikio Sakabe: 'Fashion itself is the creation of newness'
Fashion designer on why there's no real difference between being young or old.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2017
Cabin or hold? Tech ban latest step in bomb detection battle
A ban on large carry-on electronics on some international flights lays bare a high-stakes scientific battle between militant groups and security chiefs that has already dramatically altered airline travel, especially since the September 2001 attacks in the United States.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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