Tokyo

Chinzanso Hotel Tokyo Garden Waterfall

Preferred Hotels adds nine new Asia properties

The independent hotel collection has added a total of 23 new member properties from across the world to its portfolio, including hotels in Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City and Chengdu

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Shibuya, Tokyo

Air New Zealand is now flying to Tokyo Haneda

The thrice-weekly service is the airline’s second to the Japanese capital, joining its existing service to Tokyo Narita

Friday, July 21, 2017

Japan Airlines axing its Tokyo Narita-Seoul Incheon service

The growth of low-cost carrier services on the route has forced Japan’s flag carrier to cut its daily flights, though its Tokyo Haneda-Seoul Gimpo service will remain

Monday, July 17, 2017

Delta receives first A350, bound for Tokyo

The US airline is now the first North American operator of the A350 and will deploy the aircraft on routes to Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing

Friday, July 14, 2017

Tokyo Edition Ginza (left) and Tokyo Edition Toranomon (right)

Edition to open two hotels in Tokyo

The properties will be Edition Hotels’ first in Japan and are both expected to open their doors in 2020

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Austrian Ailrines Economy class

Austrian Airlines resurrects Vienna-Tokyo route

The carrier cut the route back in 2016 blaming Japan’s economic slowdown and the decline in value of the Japanese yen

Monday, July 10, 2017

Pullman to make Japan debut

The Pullman Tokyo Tamachi is set to open in 2018 as part of the MSB Tamachi mixed-use complex

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Moxy-Hotel generic

Japan to get two Moxy Hotels this year

Marriott’s experience-focused hotel brand will be opening the Moxy Tokyo Kinshicho and Moxy Osaka Honmachi in late 2017

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Cathay Dragon Airbus 330

Cathay Dragon to cut Tokyo Haneda service

The airline will be axing the route in October, though parent carrier Cathay Pacific will continue to offer twice-daily flights

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Tatsumi Yagura, a defense tower at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo

Hit list: A taste of Tokyo

Standout attractions and lesser-known gems in and around Japan’s major metropolis

Friday, March 31, 2017