A law, set to take full effect in April that will ban people from smoking indoors in government buildings and other places in Japan, appears to be backfiring as outdoor smoking is making a brash comeback in all the wrong places. As smokers find it increasingly difficult to find designated indoor smoking areas, they are […]
Internet advertising revenue topped cash spent on TV ads for the first time in Japan in 2019. Online ad revenue surged 19.7 percent in the country last year, compared to 2018, to hit 2.1048 trillion yen ($20.36 billion), leading advertising agency Dentsu Inc. announced March 11. TV ad revenue from programs fell to 1.8612 trillion […]
A new train station with easy access to Haneda airport and the Shinkansen bullet train opened in Tokyo on Saturday, becoming the first new stop on the capital’s busy Yamanote loop line in nearly 50 years. Featuring wayfinding robots and a shop with automated checkouts, it opened between Tamachi and Shinagawa stations as the 30th […]
Japan’s average land prices rose for the first time in 27 years in the year to July 1 as an influx of foreign tourists boosted demand for hotel properties and shops, a government survey showed on Tuesday. Land prices are a key indicator to gauge how much Japan asset prices have recovered after decades of […]
Cashless payment services via smartphones such as scanning QR codes are spreading. Smartphone payment services are expected to reach 600 billion JPY in fiscal 2019. The amount of smartphone payment purchases is expected to expand to about 8 trillion JPY in fiscal 2023. source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/20/business/corporate-business/japans-jal-ana-beefing-hawaii-services-competition-intensifies-domestic-rivals/#.XHTIJlwzZPY