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Japan’s Duty-Free System For Tourists Will Change to Refunds in November 2026

Japan's planning to change how tourists shop: the country's new duty-free laws will now require requesting a refund at the airport.

"Customer harassment" remains a significant problem in Japan. Kuwana City in Mie Prefecture will fight it with a new weapon: shame.

Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru says he can hardly sleep and no one even compliments him in the papers.

A plan to extend the current five-year visitor visa to 10 years for China's elite has many on Japan's far right up in arms.

A popular onsen in Yamagata Prefecture brings in so much traffic that the city has instituted new rules to reduce congestion.

A member of ultra-famous Japanese boy band SMAP paid a woman an eye-watering settlement. Fans and the media want to know why.