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TRAVEL

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Apr 1, 2014
Expanding alliances; European deal; Cathay gives extra miles
Expanding alliances
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Mar 18, 2014
New United flight; Flying on the Internet; Korean Air anniversary
New United flight
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Mar 4, 2014
SAS business class, keeping safety fun, high-flying patrol
SAS business class
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Feb 18, 2014
High-flying fashion, New SAS reward plan, Haneda to Jakarta
High-flying fashion
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Feb 6, 2014
Exploring a land designed with children in mind
There are pros and cons to raising a child in the heart of one of the most densely populated places on the planet.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jan 14, 2014
Taiwan to Shikoku; Mileage program; Cathay's additional flights
Taiwan to Shikoku
Japan Times
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Dec 10, 2013
Korean Air rail discounts; Cathay's extra miles; Air France kids treats
Korean Air rail discounts
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Nov 26, 2013
Air France's new chef; SAS Narita lounges a plus; AirAsia to fly to Nagoya
Air France's new chef
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Nov 12, 2013
United's electronics friendly cabins; BA holiday offer; Cathay gift voucher
Electronics friendly cabins
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Oct 29, 2013
Cathay links Japan, Male; Korean Air's kits for expectant moms; United eyes Haneda-Frisco slot
Cathay links Japan, Male
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Oct 8, 2013
American Airlines to hire pilots, expand; Vanilla Air routes; Virgin Atlantic games to win tickets
AA pilot hiring, expansion
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2013
U.S. paralysis leaves travel agencies scrambling
The U.S. government shutdown that started at midnight Monday has impacted the global travel industry, with tourist agencies in Japan scrambling to avoid severe losses.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Sep 28, 2013
Solitude is where you find it
Under cartoon-blue skies washed by early-autumn typhoons, I stand at Sendaizaka-ue (summit of Sendaizaka Slope) in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Sendaizaka was named for daimyo lords from Edo Period (1603-1867) Sendai, now in Miyagi Prefecture, who maintained a yashiki (suburban home) on the slope that today...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 28, 2013
Stroll through 1,000 years of history in one Nikko garden
Even before seeing the great sights of Nikko, the visitor cannot fail to be impressed by the luxuriance of the area's moss. Towering cryptomeria trees, allowing filtered light to penetrate ground cover, provide ideal incubation zones and levels of exposure and protection for the flourishing of moss in...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Sep 25, 2013
Finnair's CEO on Japan
Finnair held a press conference at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo on Sept. 24 to introduce Pekka Vauramo, who became the company's new president and CEO in June.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 14, 2013
A swim with turtles (maybe)
For snorkelers, there's perhaps nothing better than hanging out underwater with a hawksbill sea turtle. Safer than sharks, they are graceful and beautiful, ancient and wise. But sightings are rare. Of my hundreds of snorkeling adventures, I've only seen turtles, from a distance, in Palau and Koh Tao...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 14, 2013
Travel shows warp true globalization
Now that Tokyo has been given the honor of hosting the 2020 Olympic Games, the city, as well as all of Japan, will spend the next seven years "internationalizing" (kokusai-ka), a term that becomes fashionable again every few years when something like this happens. Theoretically a circumscribed society...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Sep 7, 2013
Tracing the path of history in northern Nagasaki
The horn blast from the incoming ferry echoes clearly through the top-floor hall of Hirado Castle. From the donjon's vantage point, my husband and I can clearly see the large passenger ship as it enters the sheltered bay of Hirado's port, marking the end of its route between this small city on Nagasaki...
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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