Businesses pin hopes on foreign tourists as Japan eases border measures

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The Nakamise shopping street in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Friday. Business owners in Asakusa are anxious to see foreign tourists return. | KYODO

Japan’s businesses are pinning hopes on an inbound tourism recovery with the country having resumed the process of accepting foreign tourists for the first time since suspending it more than two years ago due to the coronavirus pandemic. While the economic impact of easing border measures may not be so large at first due to

Suspect admits guilt over attack against Thai monarchy critic in Kyoto home invasion

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The Kyoto District Court. Prosecutors sought two years in prison Thursday for a 43-year-old man suspected of invading the home of Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a prominent critic of the Thai monarchy who is living in exile in Japan. | JOEL TANSEY

Kyoto – Prosecutors sought two years in prison Thursday for a 43-year-old man suspected of invading the home of Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a prominent critic of the Thai monarchy who is living in exile in Japan, and attacking him and his partner with a chemical spray. During the first hearing in the trial at the Kyoto

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