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TT-982 (Tourism Edition) -- Vacation Rentals Update for Japan - Maybe Airbnb Should Buy a Ship?

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on March 4, 2019

Last week the Nikkei ran an article declaring that Airbnb has clawed "its way back in Japan following the 2018 listings collapse". I took a look at their most recent listings and counted them.

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TT-981 -- How to Value Your Start-up Company in Japan, e-biz News from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 25, 2019

In Japan where fundings and M&A valuations are usually kept secret, and where smaller companies take longer to gain traction because of cautious partners and suppliers, knowing what you are worth can be tough to discover.

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TT-980 (Tourism Edition) -- The Full-stack Travel Company

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 19, 2019

What does Full Stack" mean? Well it refers to a new generation of software developers who not only handle databases and servers, but also systems engineering and client-facing interfaces (UX).

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TT-979 -- Toyota - Late to the Party and Making Up for Lost Time, e-biz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 12, 2019

Toyota announced that one of its subsidiaries had set itself the goal of developing a "supercomputer-on-wheels" self-driving vehicle ready to demonstrate at the Tokyo Olympics one year from now.

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TT-978 (Tourism Edition) -- Japan's Departure Tax - The Perfect Stealth Grab for Half a Billion Dollars

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on February 5, 2019

Japan introduced its first new tax in 28 years, which is a traveler departure tax of JPY1,000 per passenger aged two or older and who is not in the armed forces, government, or other exempt category.

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TT-977 -- Transgender Work-arounds in Japan, e-biz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on January 29, 2019

The Supreme Court (of Japan) upheld a law that requires transgender people to undergo surgery to remove their biological organs if they want to be recognized by the state as the gender that they identify with.

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TT-976 (Tourism Edition) -- The Type of MICE Tourism Japan Really Doesn't Need

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on January 22, 2019

Predatory academic journals and their related (also predatory) international conferences, and how they are mushrooming here in Japan.

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TT-975 (New Year's Edition) -- Terrie's Predictions for 2019

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on January 15, 2019

Ghosn fundamentally gets off -- Trump reverberations for Japan -- Consumption tax increase passes, and is non-event -- Immigration policy loosens further -- Resurgence in bankruptcies.

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TT-974 -- Japan's Hidden Corporate Taxes, e-biz news from Japan

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on December 18, 2018

In reviewing the tax burden numbers we became curious about how Japan fares in comparison with other countries. In particular, how does Japan shape up not just for corporate tax, but the social taxes that come with employing people?

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TT-973 (Tourism Edition) -- Disaster Area Tours to Fukushima - Crass or Creative?

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Submitted by Terrie Lloyd on December 10, 2018

In 2015 I wrote about disaster tourism and when it might be appropriate. This was a musing prompted by the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, coupled with media coverage of yet another deadly earthquake in Nagano.

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