Tokyo Headlines

According to the Annual Global Power City Index ranking, Tokyo has yet again preserved its number 3 rank and continues to display its consistent strengths in all functions while also raising its position in Livability. The substantial progress in Wor...

The Japanese government has closed its borders to new entries by foreign nationals, including business travelers, until December 31, as fears of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus grow. However, as new COVID-19 cases drastically declined acro...

As new COVID-19 cases steadily decline across the country, the Japanese government has lifted an attendance cap of 10,000 people at large-scale events starting November 1. An attendance limit of 50 percent of venue capacity will remain in place for ...

The Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) is delighted to announce that Tokyo has placed the winning bid to host the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) World Congress on May 23-26, 2024. It will be the second time the meeting...

The Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB), as the host partner city to UIA, is delighted to announce the successful completion of the 9th UIA Associations Round Table Asia-Pacific 2021 held in Japan for the first time. It was also the first t...

Conde Nast Traveler, a luxury travel and lifestyle magazine, named Tokyo as World's Top City in its annual Readers' Choice Awards 2021 survey. Having been ranked 6th in last year's survey, Tokyo has made an outstanding achievement to make a comeback ...

The Japanese government has announced that the state of emergency will be lifted from October 1. The Government will start its pandemic exit strategy to ease restrictions on travel, dining, and public events for vaccinated people. It would begin on a...

Held annually in the Asia-Pacific region for international associations, UIA Associate Members, and industry partners, the Round Table Asia-Pacific will be held in Tokyo from October 21 to 22. TCVB and the Union of International Associations invite...

Due to the strain on local health care systems, the government of Japan extended the ongoing COVID-19 state of emergency to September 30, with the restriction regarding events remaining unchanged. The government also announced a pandemic exit strateg...

The government extended the ongoing restrictions on the capacity of the events until October 30. Events are limited to half the venue capacity and up to 5,000 attendees, whichever figure is lower, and must conclude by 9 p.m.