news Archives - KNI JAPAN https://kn-tours.net/news-category/news/ Japan Tours - Book Japan Tour Packages at KNI JAPAN. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:38:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Japan prepares for Osaka’s World Expo 2025 https://kn-tours.net/news/japan-prepares-for-osakas-world-expo-2025/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:38:04 +0000 https://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=4714 Preparations are underway for the highly anticipated World Expo 2025 that is set to take place in Osaka, Kansai from April to October next year. One of the oldest and largest international events since 1851, the World Expo is held every 5 years and is expected to attract an influx of visitors to Japan’s second-largest city and culinary capital. The World Expo 2025 (Osaka Kansai Expo) will focus on developing and adopting best practices from […]

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]]> Travel Alerts and Disaster Updates (Coronavirus Outbreak) https://kn-tours.net/news/travel-alerts-and-disaster-updates/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 05:59:19 +0000 http://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=3913 Coronavirus Outbreak The outbreak of the coronavirus is having a big impact on travel activities in Japan in the form of travel restrictions, closures and event cancellations. Current state of tourism: do not travel in and out of Greater Tokyo and Hokkaido Domestic Travel Restrictions Although the virus has not spread in Japan at an explosive rate as seen in Europe and North America, the central government declared a state of emergency on April 7, […]

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]]> New ANA air pass with unlimited Japanese house rentals, multiple flights now taking applications https://kn-tours.net/news/new-ana-air-pass-with-unlimited-japanese-house-rentals-multiple-flights-now-taking-applications/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:13:39 +0000 http://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=3554 An amazingly affordable way to see Japan and live like a local. Back in the fall, All Nippon Airways (a.k.a. ANA) got our wanderlust pumping when they announced a partnership with Japanese accommodation provider Address. Address offers members unlimited nights in its properties, which are refurbished homes across Japan, for a flat monthly fee, and its tie-up with ANA adds two sets of extremely affordable round-trip airplane tickets every month. As of January 17, ANA […]

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]]> New Japanese passport to have ukiyoe art https://kn-tours.net/news/new-japanese-passport-to-have-ukiyoe-art/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:12:17 +0000 http://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=3553 Japan will start issuing passports featuring art by ukiyoe master Katsushika Hokusai for people applying as early as February. The new passport has 24 landscapes from the “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” series from the 19th century. The prints serve as background for the visa pages used for entry and exit stamps. The design of the front page remains the same. The Foreign Ministry decided to redesign the passport four years ago. It wanted to […]

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]]> JAPAN TESTS FASTEST EVER BULLET TRAIN WHICH CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 400KPH https://kn-tours.net/news/japan-tests-fastest-ever-bullet-train-which-can-reach-speeds-of-400kph/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:05:49 +0000 http://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=3552 Japan is about to start testing its fastest ever bullet train, which can reach speeds of up to 400kph. The Alfa-X train will be put into service in 2030, with plans to run it at 360kph. This will make it faster than China’s Fuxing Hao service linking Beijing and Shanghai in four hours and 18 minutes. Alfa-X’s first test journey will take place on Friday 17 May, running overnight between Aomori and Sendai. It’s the first of several trial runs […]

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]]> Japan Has WORLD’S Most Powerful Passport https://kn-tours.net/news/japan-has-worlds-most-powerful-passport/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:00:40 +0000 http://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=3550 Japan has the most powerful passport in the world, according to a new index. The country has scored the number one position in the ranking for the third year in a row. Compiled by residence and citizenship planning company Henley & Partners, the Henley Passport Index ranks all the world’s passports based on data from the International Air Transport Association (Iata) and the firm’s research department. The Index put Japan at the top of the list thanks to the impressive number […]

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]]> New bullet train to start rolling on July 1 https://kn-tours.net/news/new-bullet-train-to-start-rolling-on-july-1/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:50:09 +0000 http://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=3549 A Japanese railway says that a new bullet train model will be put into service on the Tokaido Shinkansen line on July 1, in time for Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Shinkansen bullet trains began their service in 1964, right before Tokyo hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Games that year. Central Japan Railway says that the N700S is the first model the company has rolled out in five years. The company plans to introduce five […]

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]]> Cherry blossom forecast 2020 released! Sakura season shifts to new start time in Tokyo this year https://kn-tours.net/news/cherry-blossom-forecast-2020-released-sakura-season-shifts-to-new-start-time-in-tokyo-this-year/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:48:40 +0000 http://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=3548 Japan’s cherry blossoms are its most iconic symbol of spring, and if you’re planning a trip to the country, plenty of people will tell you that the most beautiful time to come is during sakura season. But while we get three months of spring, the sakura themselves are only in full bloom for about a week, so thankfully Japanese weather forecasting company Nihon Kisho has just released its initial cherry blossom forecast for 2020. In […]

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]]> No. of foreign visitors to Japan hits record high in 2019 https://kn-tours.net/news/no-of-foreign-visitors-to-japan-hits-record-high-in-2019/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:46:39 +0000 http://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=3547 The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a record high of 31.88 million in 2019, but the growth was limited by a sharp fall in tourists from South Korea amid deteriorating bilateral ties, the tourism minister said Friday. The figure marked an all-time high for the seventh consecutive year but the margin of growth stood at 2.2 percent, remaining in single digits for the second straight year, according to Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism […]

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]]> Tokyo’s Kitty Theme Park https://kn-tours.net/news/tokyos-kitty-theme-park/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:45:09 +0000 http://kn-tours.net/?post_type=news&p=3546 Tokyo has no shortage of theme parks to entertain visitors and residents. Tokyo Disneyland is the biggest and most well known but on the other side of the city, a 39 minute train ride from Shinjuku is Sanrio Puroland – the Tokyo home to Hello Kitty and her universe of friends. Fans will ove this place – but what about me? I’m an adult without much connect to Kittychan. Can someone like me also love […]

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