Japan will copy Venice to stop mass tourism. Two levels of transport price: the tourist pays more

Exactly one week there was a stir for the decision that Venice had adopted to stop mass tourism. It was an update of a measure that took months ago: an entry rate for the tourist, which was now going to duplicate In view of the good results he had given to public coffers. Japan had … Read more

The price of rice has raised so much that Japan has had to make an unprecedented decision: resort to its reservations

Few things reflect to what extent there is a crisis situation that the price of a basic product in the supermarket. In Japan, and in most Asia, Rice is a fundamental pillar of foodsupporting the life of much of the population. However, a combination of factors threatens the essential cereal. In Japan he has never … Read more

The Chinese are traveling in mass to Japan and not just for tourism. Many of them arrive so as not to return

Japan is living a boom of “foreigners” arrivals As you never remember. That, as we have explained above, is not always easy, especially at the time of fight between tourism and the life of the premises. This year, in addition, it is special. We are lunar new year, and the volume of travelers has shot … Read more

In 1972 the US returned to Japan the islands that China claims since 1895. A buoy recalled that the conflict is not over

Year 2018. A buoy appears in the exclusive economic zone of Japan in the Eastern China Sea. The Boya, strategically installed, is near the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku in Japan), and carries the Chinese “flag”. Since then, the buoys have been multiplying in a clear message to the past. The islands, according to China, They have … Read more

The time of the year in Japan has arrived where everyone has a mask. The fault is World War II

It is one of the great paradoxes in Japan. Also one of those images of postcard of the nation. When spring arrives, a colorful veil of vibrant flowers and intoxicating fragrances covers the entire country, nature reveals itself beautiful, but under that harmonious layer it runs and displays a more strategy ruthless For humans. Almost … Read more

Japan had found in ramen a way to raise its economy. They did not have two problems: Denmark and Germany

In July of last year many regions of Japan They adopted the same formula to lift their economies. The idea did not seem bad: if you get tourists as it is happening to the Japanese nation (monthly absolute record with three million last March), opportunities ariseand the ramen was a “must” for every tourist toile. … Read more

The Japan islands closest to Taiwan have begun to evacuate the area. They have been preparing for the worst for two years

For decades, Ishigaki It was a back of peace where the greatest concern of its inhabitants was to protect their climate crops and pests. However, for a while to this part The growing tension between China and Taiwan (and United States)has turned the small Japanese island, located only 300 km from Taiwan, into a potential … Read more

In the 90s Japan he created his own “Truman show.” A real one, starring a naked, alone and famel

“The only person who really understands what Tuman felt, for what happened, it’s me.” The phrase is Volume Hamatsuaka ‘Nasubi’, a 49 -year -old Japanese comedian, and the Truman who refers to is not The former president from the US or the author of ‘In cold blood’ nor any other character of flesh and blood … Read more

In 1930, Japan sent rabbits to an island to test chemical weapons. A century later something is killing the creatures

In the quiet region of the Seto Inland Sea, three km off the coast of the Japanese city of Takehara, in Hiroshima prefecture, lies Ōkunoshimabetter known as Usagi Jima or Rabbit Island. Today, the island is famous for being home to hundreds of wild rabbits that roam freely fed by tourists and living without predators. … Read more

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