budget travel Japan's smallest hotel room: A cramped stay for two Mark Frauenfelder

Japan "Gaijin tax"— Japanese restaurants and attractions charging more for foreigners  Mark Frauenfelder

tourism "Out of control" behavior: Kyoto bans tourists from Geisha district Mark Frauenfelder

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News Nuisance YouTuber with 2 million followers wreaks havoc in Japan; locals are furious Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Hack your travel in 2023 with this bundle Boing Boing's Shop

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Japan Vice reporter attends a Japanese right-wing nationalist drinking party in Okinawa Mark Frauenfelder

australia Watch: Japanese tourist guide to Australia Mark Frauenfelder

Japan Pokémon manhole covers debut in Tokyo Matt Maranian

travel The yeti is no longer Nepal's official tourist mascot because it didn't look like a yeti David Pescovitz

citizenship Airline forced woman to take a pregnancy test before flying to US Territory [updated] Mark Frauenfelder

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Kids Spectacular shots of Japanese summer fireworks Andrea James

privacy Trump administration wants to force visitors to US to reveal social media passwords and answer questions about political beliefs Cory Doctorow

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economics We treat terrorism as more costly than it truly is Cory Doctorow

Japan Japan closes famous hot spring due to orgies Mark Frauenfelder

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