Lifestyle Jul 29, 2018
More tourists look to hiring professional photographers to shoot their 'perfect' vacation memories
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National Dec 25, 2017
Crown Prince's ascension to throne likely to be one-off holiday for 2019
The government is considering designating as a one-off holiday the day of Crown Prince Naruhito's ascension to the throne on May 1, 2019, in what will be Japan's first succession from a living Emperor since 1817, a government source said Sunday. The government plans to ...
National / Politics Aug 24, 2017
Vacationing Abe has a laugh with a posse of past prime ministers
by Tomohiro Osaki
As he grapples with mounting challenges both at home and abroad, it has become increasingly uncommon to see Prime Minister Shinzo Abe crack a smile in public. A picture that surfaced online Wednesday, however, offers a rare glimpse of Abe's relaxed grin as he dined ...
National Jan 27, 2017
The Lunar New Year holiday season kicked off Friday as Chinese and other tourists jammed major airports ahead of Asia's traditional turn of the year on Saturday. "I have visited Japan 10 times or more and love this country," said Li Wen-hsuan, 46, upon arriving ...
National Aug 8, 2015
Tens of thousands of vacationers flew abroad from airports in the Tokyo and Osaka areas as Japan's summer exodus began Saturday. The number of international travelers passing through Narita airport is expected to total 871,500 during the 10 days of the Bon holiday season from ...
National May 6, 2014
The rush of travelers returning from domestic and overseas trips during the Golden Week holiday period peaked on Tuesday, with vacationers crowding trains, airports and expressways bound for Tokyo and other cities. Japan Railway companies said reserved seats on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines ...
Asia Pacific Dec 31, 2013
Asia-Pacific cities first to usher in New Year
by Rod Mcguirk
Sydney's iconic opera house and harbor bridge will sparkle with tons of exploding fireworks, while smog concerns have dampened such pyrotechnic displays in at least one polluted Chinese city and Japanese temples will ring 108 times as Asia-Pacific countries become the first to usher ...
National May 6, 2013
Holidaymakers crammed bullet trains, flights and highways bound for Tokyo and other cities Sunday as the Golden Week holidays began to wrap up. Heavy congestion was expected on expressways Sunday evening, the Japan Road Traffic Information Center warned. A 50-km bottleneck was expected on the northbound ...
National / Media | Japan Pulse Mar 21, 2012
Hunting a golden Easter egg in Japan