Articles tagged “japan”

The transition of Tokyo from a green island to sprawling metropolis can be better understand when taking in the sights and sounds on the ground on this 40-mile trek to the city’s center.

These new trains have no wheels. That's understandable for a maglev machine, but is rather mind-blowing to anyone forced to endure the Northeast Corridor in the U.S.

WIth only four round-trip flights connecting U.S. airlines to Japan, priority is given to the airport with the greatest potential for connecting smaller hubs and more passengers.

Japan’s overseas development aid is available to boost projects in several Indian cities, which may be why Pune, in a rush to be the first to receive such funds, has declared its project “urgent.”

While JAL was busy collapsing, getting a bailout, and then prepping for a multi-billion IPO, budget carriers were slowly insinuating themselves into the market and letting consumers know they didn't need to spend big to go far.

The influx of Chinese tourists visiting Korea began with a recent change in visa restrictions, but has been further bolstered by the surge in cancellations to Japan for an upcoming national holiday.

Japan's tourism industry made a great comeback following the earthquake last year, but this dispute is going to affect that nascent recovery. China has the heft to use the travel embargo card, and it is going to.

China is threatening Japan with its tourism business to prove it's serious about the negative trade effects that would follow should the nation move ahead in their plan to purchase the uninhibited islands.

Whether it's something soft-power related like soap operas in South Korea or Turkey, or something out of left field like hula, a destination can never control what visitors are going to love about it, but they should make it easy for visitors to indulge in it.

Lots of tourism boards push apps, but how many can promise support from one of the world's most iconic cartoon characters?