Tourism to Japan has increased significantly in recent years, and soon, travelers to this major historic destination will see ...

Japan is thronged with tourists but not every place feels it is getting its fair share. The “overtourism” that irks residents ...

Long lines in snowy weather to buy merchandise days in advance. Hordes of fans, some from other countries, filling up the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome, excitedly swapping homemade bracelets. People around ...

The Japanese city of Kyoto has announced that tourists will now be subject to a levy of up to 10,000 yen—or $65—per night, in what the city government calls its accommodation tax. The accommodation ...

Tokyo deals in specifics, not generalities. This isn't a city that reveals itself in sweeping panoramas but in momentary glimpses: the businessman who carries a Hello Kitty handkerchief, the ancient ...

Vancouver city officials, staff and other local dignitaries will fly to Joyo, Japan, on Wednesday to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Vancouver-Joyo sister city partnership.