At hotels in Japan, the bathing facilities usually fall into two broad categories. There might be a traditional setup, with compact shower booths where you wash off before entering a large communal ...

Oakwood Worldwide today announced the opening of Oakwood Hotel & Apartments Shin-Osaka. Set to be operational August 1st, this will be Oakwood’s first property in Japan located outside of Tokyo, ...

This file photo shows a Tokaido Shinkansen line train in Tokyo's Minato Ward. (Mainichi/Kenji Yoneda) The Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line will be suspended on Aug. 15 between Nagoya and ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Namba Hospitality K.K., a 100% subsidiary of Tokyo-based Pacifica Capital K.K., has signed a franchise agreement with Marriott International to open the first “Fairfield by ...

Typhoon No. 7 will halt parts of Japan’s main bullet-train networks on Aug. 15 during the Bon holidays when the powerful, slow-moving storm is expected to make landfall. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR ...