Tokyo Headlines

Due to the COVID-19 situation the government of Japan took measures aiming to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus and has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and near prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama effective from January 8 until F...

Tokyo preserves its number 3 rank and continues to display its consistent strengths in all functions while also raising its rank in Environment and Accessibility. The City is behind only London and New York for the fifth year in a row among the top 4...

Due to the COVID-19 situation in Tokyo and in the view of the coming large-scale sport events during New Year holidays, the government tightened participation guidance reducing the maximum number of large-scale indoor event participants to 5,000 effe...

Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, one of Japan's leading international hotels, has acquired the "SAFEGUARD LABEL" as a hotel facility that meets the world's health and safety standard on November 17. The label is issued by Bureau Veritas, which is a world lead...

Effective from December 1, the national government decided to keep current regulations on hosting events in Japan till the end of February. It is required to follow guidelines and keep taking strict safety measures in the venues. Current regulations ...

Government of Japan has lifted its entry ban on foreign travelers from Brunei and China (including Hong Kong and Macau) in addition to previously announced Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam....

The new site has been redesigned with the aim to provide information in an easy-to-navigate manner in accordance with needs of users. In particular, from the homepage (entry page) a user can choose one of the feature sections: Conference or Corporate...

Recently two new areas - Shibuya and Takeshiba were added to the list of leading areas, made it 9 in total. Shibuya Area Shibuya has been developing as a business district with many international IT companies located there. The "Shibuya Bit Valley"...

 One Young World has announced that the annual Summit 2021 to be held in Tokyo will be postponed until late May 2022 following the postponement of the Munich Summit 2020 till April 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.  For more...

Effective October 8 travel restrictions for short-term business as well as long-term purposes with South Korea are lifted. For short-term visitors to Japan the two-week quarantine is not mandatory if they provide proof of a negative coronavirus test ...