🇯🇵 Japan

Eastern AsiaCapital TokyoJPYJapanese
Advisory
Level 1
Exercise normal precautions · State Dept ↗
as of 2025-08-11
Weather
71°F / 22°C
Overcast · H 77° L 67°
Currency
JPY
159 per $1
Entry
Requirements
Standing intel: weather, currency & advisory · updated May 28, 2026

What’s moving in Japan

5 stories · last 90 days
This week
Hotels & Resorts

Two Loyalty Traps to Flag Now: Choice Japan Devaluation and Hyatt Rome Award Blackout

Choice Privileges has raised point requirements at select Japan properties by up to 200%, eliminating the sweet spots — particularly in Tokyo and Osaka — that…

Jun 8
Hotels & Resorts

Choice Privileges Hikes Japan Award Costs by Up to 200%

Choice Privileges has increased redemption point requirements at select Japan hotels — concentrated in the high-demand Tokyo and Kyoto corridor — by as much as…

Jun 7
This month
Corporate & Business Travel

Hyatt Reclassifies Park Hyatt Tokyo and Sydney as 'Resorts,' Stripping Globalist Guaranteed Late Checkout

As of May 26, both Park Hyatt Tokyo and Park Hyatt Sydney appear in Hyatt's system under a 'resort' classification — a designation that allows each property to…

May 26
Hotels & Resorts

Anantara's 25th Anniversary Confirms US Market Entry, New Tented Camps, and Seven Additional Markets

Minor Hotels has used Anantara Hotels & Resorts' 25th anniversary campaign to confirm a substantive expansion pipeline: the brand's first US properties are now…

May 26
Corporate & Business Travel

72-Hour BA Window and a Live Hyatt Rate Lock — Act on Both Before They Close

British Airways is raising per-ticket cash surcharges on Avios award bookings by 25–33%, effective May 27. A Club World roundtrip LHR–JFK reaches 176,000 Avios…

May 24
Developments from the last 90 days · Standing intel from REST Countries, Open-Meteo, Exchange Rate API & the U.S. State Department