HAKONE, Japan – An accommodation tax with no restrictions on how the proceeds can be used is being eyed in Hakone, in Japan’s ...

The Japanese city of Kyoto has announced that tourists will now be subject to a levy of up to 10,000 yen—or $65—per night, in what the city government calls its accommodation tax. The accommodation ...

Japan is moving slowly but surely toward two-tier pricing, as the Himeji Castle model has shown that what was once a politically fraught idea can now be measured in revenue. Japan is moving to charge ...