JAPAN’S 3-DAY WEEKEND SEES CROWDS THRONG AT TOURIST SPOTS DESPITE COVID-19 ALERTS

Highlights –

• Japan’s 3-day weekend sees crowds throng at tourist spots despite COVID-19 alerts.
• On Monday, the central govt. announced review of parts of the ‘Go To Travel’ and Eat subsidy.
• Ise Jingu shrine complex s...

Japan is aiming for a revolution in air mobility with taxis and mobility as a service

In 1893, in the coastal town of Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japanese entrepreneur Kokichi Mikimoto succeeded in creating the world's first cultivated pearls. Today steps away from the island where Mikimoto developed the pearls, Toba plans to launch a new industry: flying taxis to settlements offsho...