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Travelers who suspect they are victims of profiling by security screeners at U.S. airports can now lodge a complaint in minutes, thanks to a smartphone application released this week. The Sikh Coalition, supported by African American, Latino and Muslim civil rights groups, said its FlyRights app can be used by…

“Japan on Foot” (published by Fine Line Press) chronicles the exploits of two “roving reporters” (one English, one Japanese) who set off to capture the spirit of Japan by walking the length and breadth of the country, a 15-month odyssey of 7,500 kilometers. Mary recounts adventures and meetings with some…

Tokyo Station Hotel will start accepting room reservations by phone, by fax, by email and through the hotel’s official website starting on May 8 from 10:00 a.m. This is in preparation for the historic hotel’s grand re-opening scheduled on Oct 3. The hotel offers 150 guest rooms and occupies the…

Japan Airlines (JAL) has renewed its main homepage. JAL's website, from which customers can purchase tickets online, attracts more than 350,000 viewers per day on average, ranging from first-time users to regular visitors such as JAL Mileage Bank (JMB) members. In the latest update to the functionality and aesthetics of…

The Japanese version of the popular travel information site Trip Adviser recently published a list of the best factory tours in Japan. Perhaps unsurprisingly, one of the nation’s most popular exports makes it to number one. The list used user feedback about factory tours and industrial museums or exhibits to…

ANA will launch its Narita–Seattle service earlier than planned with a start date of July 25. ANA said last December that it aimed to begin services from Narita airport to Seattle in the second half of its fiscal year 2012 (October 2012-March 2013). However, ANA has decided to launch the…

Shangri-La Hotel, Tokyo is offering a new experience, “A Dazzling Stay at Shangri-La，" as an accommodation plan in celebration of the launch of the most significant addition to Tokyo’s skyline this century. The opening of Japan’s tallest building, the 634-meter Tokyo Sky Tree, on the hotel’s east side, creates a…

Brand USA, the new tourism marketing entity responsible for promoting the United States to world visitors, has unveiled the USA’s first-ever comprehensive marketing campaign at International Pow Wow, the largest U.S. travel trade show held this week in Los Angeles. The campaign showcases the diversity of experiences available in the…

Are you filled with wanderlust, but sticking close to home because you lack a like-minded companion? Solo travel is an extraordinary, accessible opportunity that can involve big or small adventures, easy or difficult as you choose. You can do what you want, when you want, how you want, where you…

Garuda Indonesia will launch a Denpasar (Bali) - Haneda (Tokyo) route on April 27. The new service will be five times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and comes as Garuda marks the 50th anniversary of its operations in Japan. For the Denpasar-Haneda service, Garuda will use an…