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TOURISM

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 10, 2021
Dirt-cheap flights offered as airlines rebuild battered networks
Dirt-cheap fares are popping up from airlines brave enough to expand or start out amid the COVID-19 crisis, as they try to eke out sales and get a jump on competitors that have pared back operations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021
Thailand backs vaccine passport ahead of wider reopening
Thailand moved a step closer to issuing vaccine certificates, with a panel of officials backing the proposal seen as a major milestone toward allowing the tourism-reliant nation to fully reopen to foreign visitors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 5, 2021
Shops and restaurants at transport hubs struggle to survive as customers vanish
“Our customers used to be business travelers to Nagoya, but they aren't coming any more,” said the operator of an underground mall at the city's shinkansen station.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2021
Vision of vaccinated tourists coming into focus in Thailand
Thailand’s tourism reopening plans are gaining momentum as authorities roll out a national inoculation program and look into coronavirus vaccine passports and quarantine waivers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2021
With emergency extension for Tokyo area likely, Japan expands border control measures
Arrivals from 13 more countries and regions will now be required to self-isolate for their first three days in Japan at facilities designated by the government.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2021
Quarantines crushing air travel are getting longer and lonelier
Even as vaccines embolden countries to plot paths to reopening, authorities around the world are tightening the screws to stop COVID-19 mutations from slipping through quarantine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Feb 19, 2021
Small hotels diversify to stay afloat as pandemic crushes tourism
The Go To Travel subsidy campaign run by the government, hailed by some as helping revive the tourism industry, didn't do much to benefit some cheaply priced inns.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2021
Rising heat and snow-bare peaks chill Nepal's mountain economy
Dhananjay Regmi, CEO of Nepal's tourism board, said in the long run the changing climate will undoubtedly lead to fewer tourists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2021
Japan Airlines’ outlook worsens after quarter misses estimates
The nation's flag carrier is now forecasting a net loss of u00a5300 billion for the 12 months ending March 31.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jan 29, 2021
As COVID-19 compounds Okinawa's tourism woes, industry looks for a way out
An emergency system through which workers are temporarily seconded to companies so that they can return to their jobs once the economy is back on its feet has been proposed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2021
EU set to shut door on Japan travelers amid coronavirus surge
An update to the bloc's recommended travel 'white list” will continue to exclude the U.S. and all but seven other nations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 20, 2021
More stores shutter up in Tokyo's high-end Ginza Six mall amid travel bans
Department stores in central Tokyo, heavily dependent on tourists in the past several years, have been hit particularly hard.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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