TT-840 (Tourism Edition) -- New Minpaku Rules Make Most Airbnb Listings Illegal

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 29, 2016

Would Airbnb's business model be allowed under the new minpaku rules or not? Restrictive provisions of the new rules make it clear that most Airbnb renters will still be breaking the law.

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TT-839 -- Trust, Not Lawsuits Will Build Nutraceuticals Market, ebiz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 22, 2016

Japanese companies are nothing if not secretive about successful B2B products and processes, especially in the emerging field of nutraceuticals.

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TT-838 (Tourism Edition) -- Before Arriving, What Do Tourists Most Want to Do in Japan?

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 15, 2016

According to the Japan Tourism Agency quarterly tourist survey, the number one thing that foreign tourists want to experience before coming to Japan is to try authentic Japanese food.

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TT-837 -- Robert Rann, the Entrepreneur Behind Grape Off, e-biz news in Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 8, 2016

We first came across Rann shortly after he arrived in Japan, when he was helping out a media firm, and a little after that when he was appointed the CEO of an internet recruiting firm called Asia-net.

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TT-836 (Tourism Edition) -- Government Attitude to Inbound Tourism Changes

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 1, 2016

The Shoryudo project is a collaborative effort by the nine prefectures of Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Nagano, Mie, Shiga, Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama, to develop their rural destinations for foreign tourists.

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