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href="/tt993_akiya_inbound-foreigners_recovery-of-the-yen">TT-993 -- Akiya, Inbound Foreigners, and the Recovery of the Yen</a> </h2> <div class="meta submitted"> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile."><img src="https://www.japaninc.com/files/styles/user-profile-pictures/public/pictures/picture-2-1395541000.jpg?itok=zzpqOoWk" alt="Terrie Lloyd's picture" title="Terrie Lloyd's picture" /></a> </div> Submitted by <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile." class="username">Terrie Lloyd</a> on November 14, 2022 </div> <div class=" content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>As has been well publicized, there are over 8.49MM akiya in Japan, so with the rate of renovations made so far, amounting to just over 1% of the vacant housing stock, this could be a HUGE opportunity.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 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src="https://www.japaninc.com/files/styles/user-profile-pictures/public/pictures/picture-2-1395541000.jpg?itok=zzpqOoWk" alt="Terrie Lloyd's picture" title="Terrie Lloyd's picture" /></a> </div> Submitted by <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile." class="username">Terrie Lloyd</a> on July 9, 2019 </div> <div class=" content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>... to add some miles to the week of riding, we'd take a left turn at Miyoshi and go down into a valley called Iya, in Tokushima. As it turns out, this was an amazing ride to an amazing part of the country.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Newsletter: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/terries_take" class="active">Terrie's Take</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-12 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/taxonomy/term/813">tourism</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="link-wrapper"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/tt992_Iya-Otoyo" rel="tag" title="TT-992 (Tourism Edition) -- Iya-Otoyo: One of the 3 Most Famous, Least Visited Places in Japan">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about TT-992 (Tourism Edition) -- Iya-Otoyo: One of the 3 Most Famous, Least Visited Places in Japan</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="node-5091" class="node node-story node-teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/tt991_JMEC_awakening-the-genie">TT-991 -- JMEC - Awakening the Genie, and e-Biz News from Japan</a> </h2> <div class="meta submitted"> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile."><img src="https://www.japaninc.com/files/styles/user-profile-pictures/public/pictures/picture-2-1395541000.jpg?itok=zzpqOoWk" alt="Terrie Lloyd's picture" title="Terrie Lloyd's picture" /></a> </div> Submitted by <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile." class="username">Terrie Lloyd</a> on May 29, 2019 </div> <div class=" content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Fundamentally JMEC teaches volunteer participants how to take the first step in creating new businesses or fixing old ones - by doing deep-dive research and thereafter building credible business plans.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Newsletter: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/terries_take" class="active">Terrie's Take</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="link-wrapper"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/tt991_JMEC_awakening-the-genie" rel="tag" title="TT-991 -- JMEC - Awakening the Genie, and e-Biz News from Japan">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about TT-991 -- JMEC - Awakening the Genie, and e-Biz News from Japan</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="node-5090" class="node node-story node-teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/tt990_three-ways-to-control-the-flood-of-tourists-in-Kyoto">TT-990 (Tourism Edition) -- Three Ways to Control the Flood of Tourists in Kyoto</a> </h2> <div class="meta submitted"> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile."><img src="https://www.japaninc.com/files/styles/user-profile-pictures/public/pictures/picture-2-1395541000.jpg?itok=zzpqOoWk" alt="Terrie Lloyd's picture" title="Terrie Lloyd's picture" /></a> </div> Submitted by <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile." class="username">Terrie Lloyd</a> on May 21, 2019 </div> <div class=" content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The media is thick with reports on problems caused by too many tourists in destinations like Tokyo, Kyoto, and also increasingly by the swarming of regional festivals.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Newsletter: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/terries_take" class="active">Terrie's Take</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-12 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/taxonomy/term/813">tourism</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="link-wrapper"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/tt990_three-ways-to-control-the-flood-of-tourists-in-Kyoto" rel="tag" title="TT-990 (Tourism Edition) -- Three Ways to Control the Flood of Tourists in Kyoto">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about TT-990 (Tourism Edition) -- Three Ways to Control the Flood of Tourists in Kyoto</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="node-5089" class="node node-story node-teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/tt989_psychological-challenges-of-being-a-new-mother-in-Japan">TT-989 -- Psychological Challenges of Being a New Mother in Japan, e-biz News from Japan</a> </h2> <div class="meta submitted"> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile."><img src="https://www.japaninc.com/files/styles/user-profile-pictures/public/pictures/picture-2-1395541000.jpg?itok=zzpqOoWk" alt="Terrie Lloyd's picture" title="Terrie Lloyd's picture" /></a> </div> Submitted by <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile." class="username">Terrie Lloyd</a> on April 30, 2019 </div> <div class=" content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Although the government has a Minister in Charge of Support for Women's Empowerment and Child-Rearing, the reality is that having a baby is just as difficult now as it always was for aspiring career-minded mothers.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Newsletter: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/terries_take" class="active">Terrie's Take</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="link-wrapper"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/tt989_psychological-challenges-of-being-a-new-mother-in-Japan" rel="tag" title="TT-989 -- Psychological Challenges of Being a New Mother in Japan, e-biz News from Japan">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about TT-989 -- Psychological Challenges of Being a New Mother in Japan, e-biz News from Japan</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="node-5085" class="node node-story node-teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/tt988_an-ugly-move-by-the-FTC-in-the-OTA-sector">TT-988 (Tourism Edition) -- An Ugly Move by the FTC in the OTA Sector</a> </h2> <div class="meta submitted"> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile."><img src="https://www.japaninc.com/files/styles/user-profile-pictures/public/pictures/picture-2-1395541000.jpg?itok=zzpqOoWk" alt="Terrie Lloyd's picture" title="Terrie Lloyd's picture" /></a> </div> Submitted by <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile." class="username">Terrie Lloyd</a> on April 15, 2019 </div> <div class=" content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It was rather shocking to read in the news last week that the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has raided the offices of Booking.com, Expedia, and Rakuten.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Newsletter: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/terries_take" class="active">Terrie's Take</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-12 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/taxonomy/term/813">tourism</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="link-wrapper"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/tt988_an-ugly-move-by-the-FTC-in-the-OTA-sector" rel="tag" title="TT-988 (Tourism Edition) -- An Ugly Move by the FTC in the OTA Sector">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about TT-988 (Tourism Edition) -- An Ugly Move by the FTC in the OTA Sector</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="node-5084" class="node node-story node-teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/tt987_the-unlikely-survival-of-print">TT-987 -- The Unlikely Survival of Print - Just Not for Media, e-biz News from Japan</a> </h2> <div class="meta submitted"> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile."><img src="https://www.japaninc.com/files/styles/user-profile-pictures/public/pictures/picture-2-1395541000.jpg?itok=zzpqOoWk" alt="Terrie Lloyd's picture" title="Terrie Lloyd's picture" /></a> </div> Submitted by <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile." class="username">Terrie Lloyd</a> on April 9, 2019 </div> <div class=" content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>As technology automates and sweeps over our lives, one sector in particular that has been hard hit and many have predicted will disappear all together is the printing industry - a sector worth about JPY1.36trn in Japan.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Newsletter: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/terries_take" class="active">Terrie's Take</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="link-wrapper"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/tt987_the-unlikely-survival-of-print" rel="tag" title="TT-987 -- The Unlikely Survival of Print - Just Not for Media, e-biz News from Japan">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about TT-987 -- The Unlikely Survival of Print - Just Not for Media, e-biz News from Japan</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="node-5083" class="node node-story node-teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/tt986_creating-tourist-traffic-for-a-museum-in-Kasama">TT-986 (Tourism Edition) -- Creating Tourist Traffic for a Museum in Kasama</a> </h2> <div class="meta submitted"> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile."><img src="https://www.japaninc.com/files/styles/user-profile-pictures/public/pictures/picture-2-1395541000.jpg?itok=zzpqOoWk" alt="Terrie Lloyd's picture" title="Terrie Lloyd's picture" /></a> </div> Submitted by <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile." class="username">Terrie Lloyd</a> on April 2, 2019 </div> <div class=" content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It's kind of hard to believe that with the flood of foreigners coming into Japan that there is any part of the country which is untouched by their presence - but yes, there are still some who haven't figured out how to attract outsiders.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Newsletter: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/terries_take" class="active">Terrie's Take</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-12 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><h3 class="field-label">Tags: </h3><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy-term-reference-0"><a href="/taxonomy/term/813">tourism</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="link-wrapper"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/tt986_creating-tourist-traffic-for-a-museum-in-Kasama" rel="tag" title="TT-986 (Tourism Edition) -- Creating Tourist Traffic for a Museum in Kasama">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about TT-986 (Tourism Edition) -- Creating Tourist Traffic for a Museum in Kasama</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="node-5082" class="node node-story node-teaser clearfix"> <h2> <a href="/tt985_more-genetic-changes-in-our-food-supply">TT-985 -- More Genetic Changes in Our Food Supply, e-biz News from Japan</a> </h2> <div class="meta submitted"> <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile."><img src="https://www.japaninc.com/files/styles/user-profile-pictures/public/pictures/picture-2-1395541000.jpg?itok=zzpqOoWk" alt="Terrie Lloyd's picture" title="Terrie Lloyd's picture" /></a> </div> Submitted by <a href="/user/2" title="View user profile." class="username">Terrie Lloyd</a> on March 26, 2019 </div> <div class=" content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Japan took a step closer to allowing genetically edited plants and animals into our food chain. 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