The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an advisory body to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, has supported Japan’s nomination strategy that emphasizes the castle’s role ...

The Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, which changes the regulations governing the Japanese hedge fund industry, came into force in September. There is still considerable debate about what the ...

Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] A local government in northern Japan is asking people for blueprints, photos and floor plans of a 16th-century castle. This castle once ...

Himeji Castle, one of Japan's first four UNESCO World Heritage sites, is pictured in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2023. (Mainichi/Nobuya Muramoto) HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A ticket to the famously ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture—Himeji Mayor Hideyasu Kiyomoto said he is considering charging foreign tourists a fee to enter Himeji Castle that is six times higher than the price for Japanese visitors.

John Karabelas, president of the credit hedge-fund Kildonan Castle Asset Management ... MUFG is a giant in Japan, but its investment bank is a smaller player in the US market - it doesn't crack ...