Japan may allow foreign nationals to work under its specified skilled worker program at restaurants in hotels licensed under the entertainment business law in response to severe labor shortages ...

OSAKA -- Japan's Super Hotel says it has achieved net-zero carbon emissions across its entire chain of business hotels, hoping to attract environmentally minded young customers as well as staff in ...

But what is behind the high degree of discipline and structure? Director Ema Ryan Yamazaki explores the roots of Japan’s famed social harmony in her new documentary The Making of a Japanese ...

I’m walking through my hotel room at the Kayotei in Yamanaka Onsen, Japan, and I can’t find my bed. The suite – one of just 10 – is stunning and huge. Four separate rooms are kept apart by ...

One of Japan's top luxury hotel firms will open an "onsen" hot spring resort in upstate New York that it says will be the ...

The growth was largely driven by foreign visitors, whose stays at hotels and Japanese inns surged 38.8% to 163.48 million on the back of a weak yen, according to the Japan Tourism Agency.

Japan now has two hotels run almost entirely by robots. The Hen'na Hotels are owned by low-cost travel agency H.I.S. Co. The hotels are in Nagasaki and Tokyo, Japan. There are robots to help you ...

The owners of 11 hotel companies across Japan filed a lawsuit against Booking.com, one of the world’s largest online travel reservation sites, over 36.7 million yen ($245,000) in unpaid fees ...

SINGAPORE - Far East Hospitality Trust (FEHT) will make its first Japanese hotel acquisition, after expanding its investment mandate to include overseas properties while keeping its primary focus ...

Japanese love hotels have been catering to the needs of couples for generations. They're known for offering short stays, which some use for sex. To those unfamiliar, love hotels can seem a bit ...

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A man walks past the entrance of an Apa Hotel in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. The fast-growing Japanese hotel chain is facing criticism over a book penned by the hotel’s owner that says the ...