Kyoto municipal authorities plan to raise the lodging tax for hotels and other accommodation to a maximum 10,000 yen per person per night from the current 1,000 yen limit, as the city is struggling ...

Authorities in Kyoto announced Tuesday plans for a big hike in hotel lodging taxes, as Japan's picture-perfect ancient ...

Japan's ancient city of Kyoto has officially announced it will raise the cap on its accommodation tax tenfold to 10,000 yen, or about 63 dollars, a night. The city started collecting the tax in ...

(Mainichi/Kenichiro Fuji) KYOTO (Kyodo) -- Kyoto municipal authorities plan to raise the lodging tax for hotels and other accommodation to a maximum 10,000 yen ($63) per person per night from the ...