Departing Foreign Travelers To Use Facial Recognition Technology At Japanese Airports
Thanks to the growing influx of foreign travelers, immigration procedures often keep international visitors waiting in long queues at Japan’s airports. But short-term travelers will be able to skip long lines when they are leaving the country from this summer by using facial recognition technology that will be deployed at the nation’s major airports, immigration […]
Stop Spreading Wrong Information About Halal Restaurants in Japan
During the past few days, we decided to call several Halal restaurants and other Halal makers to verify the halal ingredients of their halal servings and the dishes and products they offer to their Muslim customers in Japan. However, surprisingly, most of the restaurants we had called said that they were not offering any halal […]
Six New Areas in Japan To Be Promoted For Tourism
The Japanese government has declared six more sites in the country as new tourism hubs. Regional governments will develop these areas to attract more tourists from foreign countries. These are as follows. Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture Mori no Kyoto, Kyoto Prefcture Chichibu, Saitama Yuasa, Wakayama Onomichi, Hiroshima Yamashiro, Saitama The details of the news is given […]
Japan To Accept More Foreign Workers
The Japanese parliament, Diet, has passed a bill to accept more foreign workers to meet the labor shortages in 14 labor-hungry sectors. Most of these sectors need blue-collar workers. Three of these labor-starving sectors are construction, agriculture and nursing care. Although, the detailed working conditions of these foreign workers have not been sorted out, the […]
Japan Airlines Joins hands With Alaska Airlines To Expand Routes Network
TOKYO.– Japan Airlines (JAL) has started selling tickets on additional routes by codesharing with Alaska Airlines. These new codeshare routes will be available from March 31, 2019, when JAL plans to launch its highly anticipated non-stop daily service between Seattle and Narita International Airport. JAL and Alaska will now offer codeshare flights on 55 routes […]
Discovering Toyama by Bicycle
Discovering Toyama and parts of Japan has always been a dream for me. Although I have not been able to fulfill this dream fully so far, I still try to make time to go on a bicycle ride whenever I can. Today, I wanted to share with you a bicycle journey taken by someone else […]
Japanese National Parks, Scenic Areas Start Voluntary Entry Payment Programs
An increasing number of national parks and other scenic areas in Japan are collecting voluntary entry payments from visitors for environmental protection and infrastructure improvements, including the creation of pathways and the installation of bathrooms. Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, began requesting ¥1,000 per climber in 2014 after a yearlong trial. Officials […]
Malaysian Halal Firms To Export More Halal Food To Japan Ahead Of Tokyo Olympics 2020
TOKYO: Malaysian halal product companies should capitalize on the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics by using it as a launch pad for penetrating the halal market in Japan. Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Yusof said the demand for halal products was expected to increase during the sporting event as Japan anticipated plenty of Muslim […]
Singapore Becomes a Testing Ground For Halal Japanese Dishes
SINGAPORE – Curetex Corp. is using Singapore as a test bed to promote Japanese cuisine permissible under Islamic law as part of its efforts to expand sales of such Halal food products in Japan and Southeast Asia. The Tokyo-based company recently sold both Japanese and Singaporean halal dishes at Isetan Singapore’s Scotts store following the […]
Muslim Visitors To Japan May Reach 1 Million By 2020
We, HalalJapan.com got the news that Japan aims to welcome 1 Million Muslim tourists nnually by 2020 Olympics. That is a big number which needs special attention as the halal industry is steadily growing very fast. Many Japanese and foreign companies have been trying to get the growing market share of the huge number of […]
