Also known as a "departure tax", this tax was introduced in 2019. It is automatically included in travel fares and applies to ...

The Bitcoin-keen Japanese game developer Gumi has announced it will hold a $106,000 BTC lottery event for new shareholders.

Private imports of overseas rice have been increasing rapidly in Japan due to shortages in the domestic market. In the fiscal ...

Kyoto hotel tax is set to rise tenfold by 2026, with luxury stays facing steep increases as the city aims to manage its ...

The Kyoto city assembly approved Tuesday sharply raising the lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations in the ancient Japanese capital, with a maximum rate of 10,000 yen ...

Those heading to Mount Fuji later this year will be shelling out a bit more money to climb the iconic Japanese mountain.

The introduction of accommodation taxes in nine cities and two prefectures in Japan was approved by its government on Friday, ...

TOKYO -- A man accused of using a fake new 10,000-yen (around $67) note at a convenience store in February has been arrested, marking the first apprehension involving a counterfeit of Japan's new ...

Mizuki Saito, 27, is suspected of using a counterfeit 10,000 yen ($68) bill on Feb. 10 to purchase coffee and cigarettes at a convenience store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. The police said Saito has ...

Metaplanet aims to reach 21,000 BTC by 2026 and 10,000 BTC by the end of 2025. From Jan. 1 to Mar. 5, 2025, its BTC Yield, a measurement of Bitcoin per fully diluted share, hit 45.1%, after growing by ...

TOKYO: Japan must fix “any misunderstanding” held by US president Donald Trump that its central bank was intentionally weakening the yen with monetary policy, former Bank of Japan (BoJ ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar weakened against the yen on Monday as investors worried about a probable U.S. economic slowdown and a persistent selloff on Wall Street that has been battered by ...