Japan last year attracted a record 28.7 million visitors from overseas, and a tourism drive is aiming to push that to 40 million by 2020 when the Olympics comes to town. As pressure increases on ...

On Tuesday, Condé Nast Traveler reader Jennifer Chisholm wrote to us about an upcoming trip to Tokyo that seemed to have fallen apart. Her Airbnb listing had disappeared from the site. She wasn't ...

Amid rapid societal change around the world, the modern sharing economy has found both successes and struggles. Ride-sharing company Uber, for example, has faced challenges from the local taxi ...

If you have plans to travel to Japan – and have booked accommodation through Airbnb – then you’re probably more than a bit anxious about recent developments regarding the thousands of cancellations ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - APRIL 02: Tourists from the Philippines take photographs in front of a cherry tree in blossom on April 2, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's cherry blossom season is reaching its climax this ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese fair trade regulators raided last month the offices of Airbnb Inc over suspected violations of antitrust laws, the home rental site said on Friday, denying any wrongdoing.

Japan is a key expansion market for Airbnb, which launched a marketing campaign there Friday. The ads, which include TV, online and print, focus on domestic travelers, Airbnb Chief Business Officer ...

CCC is the owner of the Tsutaya retail chain, which began as a bookstore in Osaka in 1983. It later introduced the concept of video and CD rental to Japan. CCC's business has grown to include high-end ...

Aileen Jeffery arrived in Tokyo two years ago and spotted what she thought was the best opportunity of her career: Hotel rooms in Japan’s capital were scarce and a boom in tourism was exacerbating the ...

Airbnb hosts say the registration process is restrictive and intended to benefit the industry. (File) Tokyo, Japan: Rental site Airbnb said Thursday it had been forced by Japanese authorities to ...