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TOKYO -- A free smartphone app from musical instrument maker Yamaha is making Japan a little less bewildering for international visitors. The software, called Omotenashi Guide, translates public ...

International Cross-Cultural Exchange (ICCE) has launched its guide matching service, “Japan Tour Guide (JTG),” on smartphones. For this guide service, the guest (tourist) fills out a request form for ...

Japan travel guide: Everything you need to know From the bright lights of high-tech mega cities to the peace of rural temples; from onsen culture to ski slopes stacked with light, dry powder ...

The Japan Tourism Agency commissioned “Kanko guide kasseika renkei kyogikai" (The association to cooperate for stimulating the tour guide industry) to conduct the test, one of a number of new ...

As Japan begins to adapt to the unprecedented influx of foreign visitors, the tightly regulated tour guide industry prepares for major reform.