With the abundance of public holidays and an average of 18 vacation days per year, the stereotype of the overworked and exhausted Japanese worker may seem like a relic of the past. But a recent survey ...

The JTB corporation, established in 1912, has been planning and booking vacations for hundreds of thousands of Japanese citizens and foreign visitors for decades. Although many in the West now prefer ...

If the threat of death and lung cancer and tracheostomies won’t get you to stop smoking, perhaps this will—more vacation days. A Japanese company is giving nonsmokers six extra vacation days a year.

Japan probably isn't the first country you think of for a ski vacation, but perhaps it should be as this Asian nation boasts ...

The Japanese government is considering making it mandatory for workers to take at least five days of vacation time a year. Currently some 52 percent of paid leave granted to Japanese workers goes ...

I've been to Japan many about a dozen times, for work and vacation, but typically putz around the Tokyo/Yokohama area or stuck inside fabs. It's been about 10 years since I really went and toured.

American parents could serve their children well to take them on vacation to Japan, provided that the parents have the time and money to invest in such a trip. As a parent of two young children, I was ...

Japan’s tourism industry is booming, but it faces a hotel room shortage, especially in Tokyo as the country prepares for the Summer Olympics. H2O (the name stands for Hospitality 2.0) addresses the ...

Photo Credit: A one-bedroom short-term rental managed by H2O Hospitality in Osaka, Japan. H2O Hospitality is a startup in Japan and Korea that manages lodging on behalf of owners with its tech-led ...