Japan News and Discussion
Travel › 04:33 AM JST - 23rd November
While the 1960s bring to mind images of hippies, Woodstock, students on the street, the Beatles on a rooftop and Jimi’s guitar on fire, the…
Travel › 06:47 AM JST - 21st November
While many airlines continue to struggle amid the prolonged recession, Middle Eastern carriers are flying high and looking to Japan. Etihad Airways has announced plans…
Travel › 07:01 AM JST - 20th November
Continental Airlines’ first aircraft with new flat-bed BusinessFirst seats took to the skies Sunday, operating as flight CO98 from Hong Kong to New York/Newark. The…
Travel › 04:00 AM JST - 19th November
Singapore Airlines is to launch twice-daily flights between Singapore and Tokyo Haneda airport in October 2010, complementing the current twice-daily Tokyo Narita services, one of…
Travel › 04:01 AM JST - 18th November
Japan Airlines (JAL) will introduce a premium economy class service on the Narita-Sydney route starting from Dec 1. The once-daily flight, also equipped with the…
Travel › 03:52 AM JST - 16th November
The start of regular daily charter flights between Tokyo and Beijing in October has raised expectations that the route will prove lucrative for airlines in…
Travel › 05:54 AM JST - 14th November
Sales for the new 2010 lineup of JTB Sunrise Tours, featuring more than 3,000 variations and tours for visitors to Japan, have started as of…
Travel › 03:24 AM JST - 13th November
Skynet Asia Airways Co said Thursday it will start offering a discount fare for foreign tourists from Dec 1, enabling them to fly on all…
Travel › 03:49 AM JST - 12th November
Thirty minutes north of Nagoya, in the heart of the commuter belt, lies Komaki. This town was formed around the castle built by Oda Nobunaga…
Travel › 05:30 AM JST - 10th November
The popularity of golf among Japanese women could prove a boost to Asia's ailing tourist industry, according to a report released Monday. Analysts believe tour…
Travel › 06:11 AM JST - 8th November
Budget hotels, once known as places with narrow baths and beds, are transforming themselves by installing outdoor bathtubs, high-grade furniture and other distinctive services. The…
Travel › 04:56 AM JST - 6th November
Japan Airlines Corp said Thursday it will cut 61 weekly round-trip passenger flights on 10 international routes and three cargo flights on one route from…
Travel › 05:27 AM JST - 5th November
Continental Airlines and ANA have signed an alliance agreement allowing both carriers to strengthen cooperation just after Continental’s joining the Star Alliance on Oct 27.…
Travel › 04:57 AM JST - 4th November
Tourist arrivals to Asia are expected to shrink as much as 5% this year before rebounding modestly next year, but full recovery will only set…
Travel › 03:33 AM JST - 3rd November
Japan Airlines Corp is planning to stop flying more than 16 unprofitable domestic and international routes by the end of next June as part of…
Travel › 06:19 AM JST - 1st November
Regional private railways plagued by severe financial conditions due to the falling birthrate and the popularity of automobiles are revamping and decorating secondhand cars from…
Travel › 05:01 AM JST - 31st October
Disney Cruise Line unveiled an outline this week of its newest cruise ship, which features a high-speed flume ride billed the world's first on-board ''water…
Travel › 03:17 AM JST - 30th October
It’s like hanami in the vineyards. That’s the best way to describe next month’s Harvest Festival at Coco Farm and Winery in Tochigi Prefecture. For…
Travel › 04:25 AM JST - 29th October
In anticipation of the first snowfall of the coming winter season in Hokkaido, the Hilton Niseko Village has prepared a special campaign valid through Monday,…
Travel › 05:36 AM JST - 28th October
The skies of Japan will turn nostalgic on Dec 1 when ANA starts operating a 767 in its former Mohican livery on flights between Tokyo…