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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2018
Guests recall ‘Titanic’ trauma during typhoon as waves smashed giant windows at Japanese hotel in Atami
People and businesses from central to western Japan began picking up the pieces from the passage of Typhoon Jongdari on Monday after the storm's rare east-west trajectory took it from Mie Prefecture straight across western Japan, dumping more rain on the areas ravaged by the deadly floods and landslides earlier this month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 21, 2018
Kitchens of longevity: The culinary secrets of age-old Okinawa
Okinawa is one of the world's “Blue Zones,” areas where people live particularly long and healthy lives. Observing the processes and procedures behind Okinawan yakuzen medicinal cooking offers some delicious hints.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 30, 2018
A culinary tour of Yokohama, the historical juncture of Western-Japanese fusion
Several of Japan's beloved Western-style dishes, such as doria and Napolitan spaghetti, originated in the culinary melting pot of Yokohama.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2018
Prince Hotels hack results in loss of 124,000 customers' credit card numbers, other data
One of Japan's largest hotel and resort operators apologized Tuesday after information was stolen off the company's foreign-language website earlier this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2018
Hotel Okura plans to reopen in September 2019, with its distinctive main lobby fully restored
The Hotel Okura, one of the most prestigious hotels in Tokyo and located right next to the U.S. Embassy, will reopen in September 2019 after a ¥110 billion renovation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2018
Singapore's Shangri-La hotel — where brass, arms merchants and spies rub elbows
For the region's military officers, diplomats, weapons manufacturers and spies, there are few livelier places than the lobby of Singapore's Shangri-La hotel around midyear.
JAPAN
May 30, 2018
Seibu Group subsidiary challenges Tokyo firm over 'Prince Hotel' trademark infringement
Seibu Group's Prince Hotels and Resorts, one of the nation's largest hotel leisure businesses, is planning to file a lawsuit against the owner of the Tabata Prince Hotel, which opened last month in Tokyo, for infringement of the trademark law.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2018
Luxury Bulgari hotel to open in Tokyo
Real estate firm Mitsui Fudoson Co. said it has signed an agreement with Bulgari Hotels & Resorts to open Japan's first Bulgari hotel near JR Tokyo Station by the end of 2022.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Apr 6, 2018
Swordplay and samurai in Tokyo's Maruyamacho district
Traditional businesses are heating up in Shibuya's old geisha quarter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 3, 2018
Tokyo hotel teams up with Airbnb-style private lodging operator
If you can't beat them, join them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2018
H.I.S. plans eight more robot-staffed Henn na Hotels across Japan
Travel agency H.I.S. Co. is eyeing an ambitious plan to build eight more android-staffed Henn na Hotels in addition to the one it opened in Tokyo's high-end Ginza shopping district on Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 28, 2018
Eat, sleep and shop at Muji Hotel
It all feels faintly familiar. There are the neutral textiles, the pale wood furniture, the green plants, the clean-lined gadgets and an aesthetic that is as calming as it is minimal.
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2017
Japan's Hotel Okura to open first luxury outlet in Philippines in 2018
Japan's Hotel Okura Co. will open its first luxury hotel in the Philippines next year as part of efforts to expand overseas, capitalizing on growing numbers of travelers to the Southeast Asian country.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Dec 17, 2017
Living it up at the Hilton — Disney style
The seemingly simple act of checking into a hotel can be a recipe for disaster with tired young children: cue tackling mundane paperwork while trying to preempt high-volume meltdowns or contain hyperactive runarounds.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 2, 2017
Trinity teams with Hotel Okura to develop select-service inns in Japan
Trinity Investments LLC, a Hawaii-based real estate firm, said it plans to open a chain of limited-service hotels in Japan in partnership with Hotel Okura Co., targeting a surge in tourism that the government hopes will double by 2020 when Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Sep 9, 2017
Tokuyoshi adds some creative cocktails to the mix
Japanese chef Yoji Tokuyoshi has been pushing boundaries with cuisine that reflects his philosophy of intercultural cross-pollination since 2015 — the year he opened his eponymous restaurant, Tokuyoshi, in Milan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jun 14, 2017
Sion Sono serves up some blood-sucking fun in 'Tokyo Vampire Hotel'
Vampires have been a staple of Western pop culture since Bram Stoker published his best-selling novel "Dracula" in 1897. The hit "Twilight" series of films (2008-12) made the monsters hot again as millions of teens swooned to the romance of Bella (Kristen Stewart) and ageless vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson).
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 4, 2017
Trunk lifts the lid on Tokyo's evolving hospitality industry
There is a long list of reasons to visit Shibuya's latest addition to its cityscape — from the craft cocktails served in its roomy lounge to the outdoor terrace with large white cushions and its architect-designed convenience store. Not to forget the pop-up space, four spacious event rooms, a kushiyaki (grilled skewered dishes) outlet and a wooden rooftop chapel.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2017
Apa hotels won't remove books that deny 1937 Rape of Nanking for Olympics
The leader of the Apa hotel chain says his books denying the Rape of Nanking took place will not be removed from guest rooms for the Olympics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 15, 2017
'Strange' hotel, run by robots, opens near Tokyo; more to come
Major travel agency H.I.S. Co. on Wednesday celebrated the opening of its second robot-staffed Henn na Hotel. The new location is near the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture.

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