Japan Travel News

Skymark Airlines Inc., Japan's largest discount carrier, expects to boost profits during the next fiscal year by adding more flights and using Tokyo's Haneda airport as its hub to take on increased competition from three new airlines.

Extended family: Hiroshi and Ying Kato are seen with their two dogs, Ton Ton and Ken Ken, at their home in Kawasaki.

Getting to know you: Single men and women chat over drinks at Queen's, a dining bar in Tokyo's Meguro district, during a "machikon" matchmaking party on Feb.

Tokyo department store Takashimaya is stopping shoppers in their tracks with a Valentines Day display featuring an android mannequin.

Hiroshima, Feb 13, 2012 - - Mazda Motor Corporation has developed an advanced safety technology called Smart City Brake Support , which helps a driver to avoid a frontal collision when driving at low speeds in the city or in slow traffic.

TOKYO COMMUTE: Japanese Customs and Way of Life Viewed from the Odakyu Line, by A. Robert Lee.

Tokyo 's "Dinosaur Bridge" opens to vehicles tomorrow after 10 years of construction as the world's largest metropolis tackles traffic jams that slow vehicles to half of Japan 's average highway speed.

From Zakaria Abdul Wahab SENDAI , Feb 10 -- Japan's Nikon Corporation, one of the world's top camera producers, is targeting to produce 30,000 units of D800 and 5,000 units of D4 camera models, the company's latest, per month at its factory here.

The government's new Reconstruction Agency, tasked with rebuilding the area devastated by last year's March 11 earthquake, begins work on Friday.

Indeed, chance seems to have pushed his life and artistic activity into unpredictable directions.

Liquor stores are now no longer just selling alcohol, many are also serving it with a few snacks on the side.

Tokyo 's "Dinosaur Bridge" opens to vehicles this weekend after 10 years of construction as the world's largest metropolis tackles traffic jams that slow vehicles to half of Japan 's average highway speed.

TIFFCOM, the pic and TV mart held in conjunction with the Tokyo Film Festival, is moving to Odaiba, a trendy Tokyo Bay district, for its 2012 edition, skedded for Oct.

The flavor of love: Seasonal treats for that special someone include the Pastel Selection from Pierre Marcolini , numbered chocolate squares from Meiji's 100% Chocolate Cafe and a colorful Valentine's set from Bella's Cupcakes.

The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation is leading a trade mission to Japan in May in conjunction with the Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University .

Single travellers will be feeling the love thanks to a new promotion from G Adventures , offering savings on trips around the world.

Qantas Group's new low-cost subsidiary Jetstar Japan has pushed up the launch of its domestic services to July 3, several months ahead of schedule .

The indie band, Cutting Edge, has launched itself into Japan and Asia by not only releasing a new album for the Japanese market, but has entered into a distribution agreement for the new album and three separate agreements to promote the band's next three songs in Japan.

What makes the Feb. 5 travel article " Yakushima free-stay takes some fearful turns " so special is that the place is so far from Tokyo that even The Japan Times sends a reporter here only when the trip is sponsored, and apparently has to rely on "freeters" to come up with something out of the ordinary.

Moves by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to build a new marketplace on the site of the Tsukiji market have drawn mixed reactions, with some critics saying it is an attempt to bulldoze through the controversial relocation of the famed fish market to a new site.