Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has granted final approval for Kyoto to implement the nation’s highest-ever accommodation tax, authorizing the historic capital to charge guests ...

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Travelers to Kyoto, Japan, will soon face accommodation taxes of up to $66 per person, per night. Here's what you need to know about these changes.

KYOTO—When the phone call came at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, Susumu Kitagawa thought it was just another annoying telemarketer interrupting his work in the lab.

On October 9, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba held an online meeting with Dr. KITAGAWA Susumu, Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and conveyed his ...

Australians heading to Japan will soon be asked to pay an increased hotel tax as hordes of tourists descend on the historic city of Kyoto.  More than one million Aussies travelled to Japan between ...

Kyoto is set to increase its accommodation tax by up to 900 per cent to £48.92 per person per night for the top category of hotels. This hike will make Kyoto's accommodation tax the highest in Japan.

Explore the heart of Kyoto at Nishiki Market! Nishiki Market is vibrant, centuries-old and filled with fresh produce, seafood, and traditional specialties. Indulge in street food at Nishiki Market ...

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing metal-organic frameworks. The prize went to Demis Hassabis, John Jumper and ...

With his Nobel Prize win, he called on the scientific community to renew their commitment to discovery amid funding cuts to science.

Richard Robson was struck by an idea in 1989. Decades later, his story shows the importance of fundamental science.

The chemists worked separately but added to each other’s breakthroughs over decades, beginning with Robson’s work in the 1980s.