The popular travel destination of Kyoto in Japan is significantly raising accommodation tax in an attempt to curb overtourism ...

The official 2024 tourism figures for Japan, expected to be released ... Last year, authorities in Fujikawaguchiko, a resort town in the Yamanashi prefecture, installed a large mesh barrier ...

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(Mainichi/Tatsuki Noda) KOFU -- A corner of Fujikawaguchiko, a town in Yamanashi Prefecture with a view of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji, has been hit with waves of foreign tourists. At one spot in ...

As the demand for travel shows few signs of slowing, overtourism is poised to remain a critical challenge for visitors, ...

On the shores of Lake Shoji in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, amateur photographers set ... Jomon Period Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying ...

After coming to a standstill at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic with the closure of borders, international tourism was firmly back on the agenda in 2024.

California was once a hotbed of Japanese wine producers, until 20th-century legislation boxed them out. Over a hundred years later, a comeback is underway.