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TOURISM

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2021
Airlines warn erratic global COVID-19 rules could delay recovery
Airlines called for an end to restrictions on vaccinated travelers and for common health protocols at borders, though global coordination in aviation tends to move at a deliberate pace.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 3, 2021
Transforming Tono from hop heartland to boutique beer destination
A community group called Brewing Tono is helping local hop farmers and innovative brewpubs put this Iwate Prefecture town on the craft beer map.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2021
Despite COVID-19’s lingering impact, Japan sticks to 2030 tourism target
JNTO is aiming to attract an annual 60 million visitors to the country by that year, with adventure and sustainable tourism seen as key growth areas.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 18, 2021
This Aomori farm’s strawberries are heating up tourism
Kanko Ichigo En is a year-round pick-your-own strawberry farm that grows its winter berries with 100% hot-spring heat.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2021
Japan set to be scrubbed from EU safe travel list over COVID-19 rate
The list does not bind individual EU nations, but Germany has already added Japan to its list of 'high-risk areas' subject to tighter entry restrictions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2021
Japan to issue digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates in December, report says
The certificates — intended for overseas travel rather than domestic use — will be issued via a QR scan code through a smartphone app from around mid-December, the Nikkei reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2021
Vaccinated Singapore eases into reopening as other nations watch for lessons
Despite a high vaccination rate, masks are still mandatory in almost all public settings, group sizes are limited and a contact-tracing app is required.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 27, 2021
In this remote American outpost, pandemic recovery is a faraway dream
A year and a half into the pandemic, Guam's tourism-dependent economy remains paralyzed, and officials say a full recovery is probably years away.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2021
After a year without rowdy tourists, European cities want to keep it that way
Cities across Europe want to mold visits into shapes less onerous for residents, and perhaps more lucrative for business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 16, 2021
Spring Airlines Japan bets on post-pandemic China tourism boom
Spring Airlines Co. and Japan Airlines Co. are anticipating a post-pandemic tourism boom between China and Japan for their joint-owned budget carrier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2021
More governments recognize Japan’s vaccine passports
New additions include Belize, Papua New Guinea and Slovakia, with the eased entry restrictions varying between them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2021
Restarting cruises has been a game of ‘operational whack-a-mole’
As well as managing cases of COVID-19 on their own sailings, operators have had to keep on top of vaccination and testing requirements at their stops on the way.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 8, 2021
Persist, pivot, prosper? Tourism businesses on weathering the pandemic
With the Olympics and a national vaccine rollout underway, The Japan Times checks in with four small tourism businesses. How are they holding up? And how did they pivot to stay in business?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2021
Germany and Hong Kong now recognize Japan’s vaccine passports
Ten regions and countries in total have been newly added to the list of places where holders of the document can enter with eased restrictions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2021
Uneven start for rollout of Japan’s vaccine passports
Local governments are taking different approaches to the document, meaning some people can get theirs on the spot while others have to wait at least a week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jul 26, 2021
Tent saunas in the Gifu mountains a hot ticket
The service is being offered at a quiet place along the river so that visitors can enjoy the area's clear, cold snowmelt water.
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.
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.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
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.

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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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