Tourism numbers are sky-high in Japan. The country saw record numbers of travelers throughout 2024, and government officials ...

That’s good news for Japan, potentially ... Visitors to the capital can stay at the Henn Na Hotel, where all customer-facing staff are robots. Less quixotically, Bieller sees a potential ...

Japan’s population is the oldest in the world ... technology from space exploration to build an AI-assisted farming robot. “In the past 20 years or so, 50% of the farmers have retired ...

TOKYO -- Tokyo-based Hotel Okura plans to open two more locations in Thailand, each offering high-end accommodations with Japanese touches. The Okura Resort Chiang Mai and the Okura Prestige ...

Kyoto, Japan — Authorities in Kyoto announced Tuesday plans for a big hike in hotel lodging taxes, as Japan’s picture-perfect ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles from locals about too ...

JAPAN’S stock market is only now waking up to potential gains from record numbers of big-spending tourists. A growing number of companies, including a seller of vintage goods and a budget hotel chain, ...

One of the two Japanese who were undergoing treatment after being seriously injured in a fire in a hotel in Bangkok earlier this week has died. The fire on Sunday at a six-story hotel near the ...

Today's robots perform safety checks at industrial plants, conduct quality control in manufacturing, and are even starting to keep hospital patients company. But soon -- perhaps very soon -- these ...

TOKYO -- Houses in Japan are getting smaller, with the average floor space falling to a 30-year low. Total area per house is about 92 square meters, a decline of 3 sq. meters from the peak year of ...