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It may have been the seductive call of museum-grade air conditioning. It may, as the museum’s curator suggests, have been a glimpse through the windows of friendly-looking black cats in a photo exhibition. It may simply have been feline curiosity. Whatever the reason, in the summer of 2016, the security ...

New York City is known for its shopping. It’s the place where both domestic and international outfits operate flagship stores, well-designed retail experiences that epitomize brands’ DNAs. Every neighborhood has a different assortment of shops aimed at a certain kind of clientele. No matter what you’re after, though, there’s enough ...

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Japan’s security alliance with the United States continues to pose a threat, suggesting it remains a stumbling block to the signing of a postwar peace treaty between Tokyo and Moscow. Putin said at an annual year-end news conference that a solution ...

MOSCOW – The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia met Thursday in Moscow to restart stalled talks for resolving a long-standing territorial dispute that has been a sticking point in efforts to sign a postwar peace treaty. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi agreed to hold ...

CAIRO – 16 November 2019: Cairo International Airport received on Friday the first one-day trip by a Japanese tourist delegation coming from Port Said International Airport to visit archaeological and tourist attractions in Cairo. A source told Egypt Today that the Japanese tourist delegation arrived on board of planes belong ...

TOKYO: There is a genuine interest among Japanese companies to invest in Saudi Arabia’s rapidly growing entertainment and tourism industries, with some planning to set up their own operations in the Kingdom soon, according to Saudi officials. Avex, a major Japanese company in the entertainment industry, is planning on “launching ...

TOKYO — Japanese real estate developers are building more hotels with larger rooms as they seek to capitalize on the country’s ongoing tourism boom. With more people coming to Japan with friends and family for sight-seeing, and fewer individuals coming for business, demand for hotel rooms that can accommodate four ...

NIIGATA, Japan — Niigata Beer stands out among the brewers and distillers of Niigata Prefecture in northern Japan. It chose to brew specialty beers, and later whisky, in a region famous for sake. The area’s affinity for the traditional Japanese drink meant that demand for the company‘s craft whisky was ...

CAIRO – 27 October 2019: Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat has met with Chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) Hiromi Tagawa during her participation in the Tourism Expo Japan 2019, held in Osaka. The Egyptian minister highlighted that the tourism industry grew by 16.5 percent in 2018, according ...

The arrival of Japanese tourists on the Southern Kuril Islands, which are held by Russia but claimed by Japan, represents a significant development in the countries’ long-standing territorial dispute. Yet if this pilot trip is to become more than a historical footnote, it must be quickly expanded into a regular ...