LDP maintains majority but Ishin gains ground in Japan’s House of Representatives election

Voting for Japan’s 49th House of Representatives election was held on Sunday and the ballots are still being counted. All ...

Wakayama to hold public briefings on IR development plans

by Shintaro Kamimura

29/10/2021

Wakayama has announced it will host public briefings for residents to outline its planned IR bid, with sessions set to ...

Osaka confirms MGM Resorts and ORIX as partner in Japan IR bid

Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto top world’s most attractive city rankings

by Shintaro Kamimura

28/10/2021

The Conde Nast Traveller Readers’ Choice Awards have seen Japan sweep the top three spots in a list of Best ...

Two-day Japan IR Online Forum to start today

Japan tourism still decimated with just 17,700 visitor arrivals in September

by Shintaro Kamimura

27/10/2021

The number of foreign visitors to Japan remained significantly suppressed in September, with the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) revealing ...

Akimoto arrested for fourth time in Japan IR bribery case

Akimoto opts out of Japan diet election with appeal against IR bribery sentence ongoing

by Shintaro Kamimura

22/10/2021

Disgraced former House of Representatives member Tsukasa Akimoto has announced he will not run in the upcoming diet election as ...

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