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In 2025, JNTO is hoping to continue this streak by rolling out their newest initiative ‘Fly & Explore’, this time pushing Singaporeans to venture into Japan’s uncharted regions with handy guides on domestic flight routes, secret spots, and travel tips.

A record-breaking 691,100 Singaporeans visited Japan in 2024, said the Japan National Tourism Organisation’s (JNTO) Singapore Office on Wednesday (Jan 15). Read more at The Business Times.

Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3% from a year earlier in December, accelerating from 2.7% in the previous month through higher energy costs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported Friday

This country has the the largest nominal GDP in Asia and the second-largest globally, behind the USA with $30.33 trillion (£24 trillion).

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JAPAN’S stock market is only now waking up to potential gains from record numbers of big-spending tourists. Read more at The Business Times.

This is despite having a higher number of operating outlets from a year ago, due to weak sales in Nov and Dec last year.

This surprising trend highlights the broader issue of loneliness and economic struggle faced by Japan's elderly

Local actress Jeanette Aw, who in recent years has turned her passion for baking into a patisserie business, is taking her sweet treats to Japan once more. Read more at stomp.straitstimes.com

Japan's Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (NTT) has appointed Bank of America and UBS to work on a $1 billion data centre real estate investment trus

Disney Cruise Line is under new leadership as Walt Disney Co. announced a bevy of changes among its parks and experiences Thursday. Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro announced that Joe Schott is taking over for Thomas Mazloum as president of Disney Signature Experiences,