Day: January 23, 2024

Tokyo is becoming hard to afford for more people, with the cost of a one-bedroom home reaching record levels.
If you have one of these cards and don't want to lose the balance - and the card - then you have only a few days left to use it.
The city's mayor won't rule out creating "zero-day vacation rental" zones in residential areas in response to chronic complaints.
Many love hotels don't like it when you leave before your stay is up. Indeed, some older ones make sure you can't.
Travel from other countries offset a 45.2% drop from a nation that used to lead the pack in Japan tourism.
The ominous spike could be a sign that police in Japan are finally starting to take women's allegations seriously.

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