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Octopath Traveller co-developer working on three new original games, coming to Tokyo Game Show

Octopath Traveller co-developer working on three new original games, coming to Tokyo Game Show

Octopath Traveller co-developer Acquire is working on three new original games, in a new deal with Middle Eastern publisher Red Dunes Games. Acquire (owned by FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa) is best known for the likes of Tenchu and Way of...

Asia’s summer holiday bargains

Asia’s summer holiday bargains

SINGAPORE, 16 July 2025: Digital travel platform Agoda revealed this week its list of the most budget-friendly summer destinations in Asia through July and August 2025, with Surabaya, Indonesia, topping the list with an average room rate of just...

Forget cheap flights—this is what Israelis are really searching before they travel

Forget cheap flights—this is what Israelis are really searching before they travel

Israeli travelers are showing they’re not just eager to fly again—they’re becoming some of the most travel-hungry people in the world. A new Google report reveals that, despite security concerns and rising costs, Israelis are embracing creative...

asia Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreigners

asia Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreigners

TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday (July 15) set up an administrative body aimed at easing citizens' concerns over the rapid rise in the number of foreigners in recent years, as policies concerning non-Japanese residents emerge as a key issue in Sunday's...

IHG Continues Growth Momentum of the Holiday Inn Brand in Japan

IHG Continues Growth Momentum of the Holiday Inn Brand in Japan

Tokyo, Japan – IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG) today announced a further agreement with FET SYSTEM INC, to rebrand two hotels to ANA Holiday Inn, bringing the first international branded hotels to Sanda and Tosu City. The 130 room ANA Holiday Inn Kobe...

Royal Minor and List Development Sign First Anantara Project in Japan

Royal Minor and List Development Sign First Anantara Project in Japan

Royal Minor Hotels Co., Ltd. (Royal Minor) - a joint venture between Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. and Minor Hotels - proudly announces the first management contract signing of an Anantara project in Japan, partnering with List Development Co., Ltd....

Deals for Today: Where To Find Japanese Pokémon Cards

Deals for Today: Where To Find Japanese Pokémon Cards

Have you been scratching your head about where to find Japanese Pokémon cards? I've got you covered. If you’re looking to upgrade your daily tech essentials, today’s lineup covers smart charging, fitness tracking, personal cooling, and workspace...

Here Comes The Sun: Art Inspiration To Get Into That Holiday Feeling

Here Comes The Sun: Art Inspiration To Get Into That Holiday Feeling

The sun may have disappeared for now, but these artworks will help to take you far, far away … Elaine Byrne ARHA, Losing All Sense of Time, archival pigment print. www.rhagallery.ie Antóin Doyle, Athens 2025, archival pigment print on Awagami...

Man arrested for threatening couple in dispute over Japan tours

Man arrested for threatening couple in dispute over Japan tours

Police said the suspect is known to the victims, a couple who run a travel agency, and is from a different travel agency. PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly threatening a couple who operate a travel agency after a...

12 Best Men's Hiking Shorts in 2025, According to GQ

12 Best Men's Hiking Shorts in 2025, According to GQ

When it comes to men's shorts, we’re spoiled for choice right now: cargos and jorts are back; chino versions never left; linen numbers are keeping things breezy. But the best hiking shorts have something special to offer: freedom. From the knee...

Typhoon Nari Passing East of Tokyo; Over 140 kph Gusts Expected By Evening

Typhoon Nari Passing East of Tokyo; Over 140 kph Gusts Expected By Evening

The Japan News The Yomiuri Shimbun 12:59 JST, July 14, 2025 Typhoon Nari, the fifth of the season, was passing east of the Kanto region early on Monday afternoon. The typhoon had been moving north at 35 kph over the Pacific Ocean about 210...

13 Travel Packing Hacks Every Traveller Should Know

13 Travel Packing Hacks Every Traveller Should Know

Packing should feel like the start of your adventure, not the most stressful part. Yet it often means last‑minute panic, overweight bags at Changi and clothes that never get worn. Whether you’re escaping to Bali, spending a week in Seoul or...

Tokyo, Manila moves arouse Chinese concerns about Asian mini NATO

Tokyo, Manila moves arouse Chinese concerns about Asian mini NATO

Manila’s adoption of Japan’s “one theater concept” has further escalated tensions with China. Proposed in March this year, the concept breaks from Tokyo’s traditional security outlook and views the East China Sea, the South China Sea and the...

I moved from America to Japan and pay just $700 in rent – coffee is as cheap as $2 but there’s a common struggle

I moved from America to Japan and pay just $700 in rent – coffee is as cheap as $2 but there’s a common struggle

AN American who relocated to Japan has revealed a common struggle despite cheaper rent and coffee prices. He moved across the globe in 2019 as part of his interest in real estate, but also to find better cost-of-living than California. 2 A man...

Hello Kitty becomes a suntanned beach babe for new magazine freebies in Japan

Hello Kitty becomes a suntanned beach babe for new magazine freebies in Japan

Kitty chan enjoys a hot girl summer for a limited time. Hello Kitty is always hard at work throughout the year, jumping from one collaboration to the next and earning herself the unofficial title of hardest-working cat in Japan. Now, the beloved...

Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreigners

Japan launches government body to address concerns over foreigners

Japan on Tuesday set up an administrative body aimed at easing citizens’ concerns over the rapid rise in the number of foreigners in recent years, as policies concerning non-Japanese residents emerge as a key issue in Sunday’s national election....

Japan PM to meet Bessent on Friday, Yomiuri says

Japan PM to meet Bessent on Friday, Yomiuri says

(Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is arranging to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo on Friday, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday, ahead of an August 1 deadline to strike a trade deal with the United...

We found the classiest branch of one of Japan’s best cheap restaurants on a Kyoto side street

We found the classiest branch of one of Japan’s best cheap restaurants on a Kyoto side street

We hardly recognized this beef bowl joint’s sign, and another surprise was waiting inside. The whole point of a business’ sign is to catch passersby’s eyes, which is why so many of them have bright, look-at-me colors. Take, for example, restaurant...

Will The Big Beautiful Bill Impact Travel? Here’s What To Know

Will The Big Beautiful Bill Impact Travel? Here’s What To Know

The Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” will impact travel and tourism, from costs to transportation and hospitality. In the air travel sector, the Big Beautiful Bill promises an allotment of $12.5 billion toward modernizing America’s air...

‘India is too hard to live in’: Japanese vlogger’s video on why Indians move abroad stirs online conversation

‘India is too hard to live in’: Japanese vlogger’s video on why Indians move abroad stirs online conversation

A Japanese travel vlogger recently posted a video reflecting on his conversations with Indians he met while exploring different countries. What stood out for him wasn’t just how talented or driven these individuals were, but the reason they gave...

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