KYOTO - The Kyoto city assembly on March 25 approved sharply raising the lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)–The Tokyo metropolitan government will provide up to 100,000 yen in subsidies from October to residents of Tokyo who opt for painless deliveries, Governor Yuriko Koike has said.

“If the yen remains so weak on a continual basis ... by the government and the private sector will be lifted by up to 100,000 yen. Applicants will be exempted from repayment obligations.

with a maximum rate of 10,000 yen ($66.40) for stays costing 100,000 yen or more per person per night. Until now, the highest tax rate was 1,000 yen for stays costing 50,000 yen or more.