He ran on a successful campaign issue of a tourist tax.
Miyajima is not exempt -- the island has an issue of aging population and faces a tax revenue shortfall.
And Miyajima is far from the only dest…

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Fire up your city pop playlist for a visit to Asakusa’s legendary Marubell, where the ’80s never totally went away.
But as we recently learned, there’s also a studio that can transport you to a more …

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When Twitter user @sato_nezi‘s 1-year-old child loses sight of his mother, he starts crying uncontrollably.
Their solution: create a life-size cardboard cutout of Mom and try to trick their child int…

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On Dec 12, 2019Each week GaijinPot looks through its daily updated database of jobs and selects the best opportunities for finding and securing a career in Japan from overseas.
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By Annelise GiseburtOn the afternoon of March 11, 2011, the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake knocked out the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station’s external power supply.
By late April the evacuati…

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But Japanese rope bondage is a safe, sexy and exciting activity—proven by its journey from sacred practice to modern-day art and everything in between.
Not only can shibari be sexual, but it also fal…

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We take a ride on this new travel alternative to the Shinkansen bullet train.
Usually, overnight buses are the cheapest way to travel long distances in Japan.
The Dream Sleeper makes one rest stop, a…

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So with so many tourists from around the world crowding into the city, a few are bound to step out of line.
Thankfully TripAdvisor Japan created a handy infographic showing how to politely visit Kyot…

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The second fossil award also recognized Japan's failure to upgrade its goal to cut heat-trapping gas emissions under the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
He pointed out Tokyo has reduced greenhouse gas …

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Mercer's Total Remuneration Survey, which looks at compensation in 129 countries and 19 Chinese cities, illustrates stagnant incomes for Japanese workers in the modern information economy.
Median com…

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