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TRAVEL INSIDER

LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Dec 5, 2012
Share a secret, win Virgin tickets; SAS winter sale; Singapore and Virgin Australia code share
Secret ticket giveaway Virgin Atlantic Airways will give away a pair of round-trip economy-class tickets between Tokyo and London to the person who submits the "best secret spot in the U.K." as a contribution to the company's "Secret U.K. Guide."
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Nov 21, 2012
See auroras with SAS; visit, help clean up Bali with Garuda; Cathay's free business upgrade
See auroras in Norway
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Nov 7, 2012
Visit Britain on British Airways; designer amenity kits on Cathay; discounts on Korean Air to Europe
BA VisitBritain campaign
Japan Times
Uncategorized / TRAVEL INSIDER
Oct 24, 2012
KLM to fly to Fukuoka; SAS renews in-flight menu; Cathay's Auckland-Japan campaign
KLM to fly to Fukuoka
Japan Times
Uncategorized / TRAVEL INSIDER
Oct 3, 2012
Garuda to increase Bali flights; SAS special direct flights to Lapland to see the aurora
Garuda adds Bali flights
Japan Times
Uncategorized / TRAVEL INSIDER
Sep 19, 2012
Fly China Airlines, ride Taiwan high-speed train for free; Virgin's Haneda plans
Taiwan plane, train offer
Japan Times
ANNOUNCEMENTS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Sep 5, 2012
Is Japan Cool? asks ANA's website; BA special fares until Sept. 7; Cathay meals
ANA's Is Japan Cool? site
Japan Times
Uncategorized / TRAVEL INSIDER
Aug 22, 2012
Take a photo, win a trip to Bali; Singapore F1 package tour; SAS special fares
Garuda photo contest
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Aug 8, 2012
Fly to Middle-earth with official 'Hobbit' airline Air New Zealand; Aeromexico orders 100 Boeing aircraft; Cathay launches digital magazine
New Aeromexico planes
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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