Japan's ancient city of Kyoto has officially announced it will raise the cap on its accommodation tax tenfold to 10,000 yen, or about 63 dollars, a night.

There is no convincing case for excluding low-income pensioners from the measure simply because they have already received 100,000 yen. It is also highly questionable how much financial support ...

Foreign nationals and other vulnerable populations in Japan are having difficulties receiving coronavirus-related relief benefits from the central government, such as the 100,000 yen ($913 ...

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The city government of Kyoto said Tuesday it will raise its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations from March 2026, setting the maximum rate at a sharply higher 10,000 yen ...

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.

The Osaka Prefectural Board of Education is considering a system to partner all prefecture-run high schools with overseas schools where stude ...

the same as last year), 4,577 first prizes of 100,000 yen (same as last year), 184 second prizes of 10 million yen (same as last year), 9,200 third prizes of 1 million yen (same as last year ...

Kyoto authorities announced Tuesday plans to hike lodging taxes, as Japan's ancient capital seeks to assuage grumbles from ...

but the maximum tax will be significantly increased to 10,000 yen ($64) for lodging fees of 100,000 yen or more. Q: How much will the city receive in the tax hike? A: A city government analysis ...