Travel & Leisure
A year out, top Tokyo hotels hang no vacancy signs for Olympics
Capital and nearby cities scramble to host 10 million visitors amid 14,000-room shortfall
Travel & Leisure
Companies
Cafe battle brews in Asia as Japan chains eye Starbucks patrons
New entrants seek to lure millennials with quality service
Datawatch
Tourists flock to Japan -- but only splash out in Tokyo
Osaka gains in visitor numbers but falls further behind in spending
Travel & Leisure
Singapore's landmark Raffles Hotel emerges from long renovation
Historic deluxe lodging adds digital upgrades to take on new rivals
Nikkei Markets
Asian stocks fall as US Fed rate outlook damps risk-asset demand
Rate-sensitive Hong Kong developers drag down A300 index
Real Estate
$3.9bn Bangkok project to boast one of region's tallest towers
Complex to boost competition in retail space while drawing multinational tenants
Travel & Leisure
Hello Kitty theme park to open on Chinese resort island Hainan
Venue seeks to attract 2m visitors a year after it opens in 2024
Companies
RedDoorz raises $45m to ramp up its presence in new markets
Singapore budget hotel platform eyes entry into Thailand and Malaysia
Construction
Tokyo's biggest post-Olympics construction planned near Ginza
Mitsui, NTT and Tepco team for offices, shops and hotel over 70,000 sq. meters
Travel & Leisure
Luxury hotels pop up in Japan for Western visitors
Property developers tap tourism boom to diversify income sources
Nikkei Markets
Asian equities rise amid bets of policy easing by ECB, Fed
South Korean stocks fall as North Korea tests missiles
Business deals
Philippines' Jollibee takes on Starbucks with US coffee chain deal
$350m acquisition of another loss-making company a 'major investor concern'
Economy
Chinese tourists return to South Korea as relations warm
Favorites Thailand and Vietnam see fewer faces from China in first half of 2019
Travel & Leisure
Japan's Mitsui Fudosan eyes Hakone hot springs for luxury hotel
Developer to double high-end Japanese properties to eight by 2022
Business trends
Singapore's Changi and rival hubs wage battle of airport megamalls
City-state's greenery-filled Jewel complex looks to make layovers fun
Travel & Leisure
Mos Burger and Yoshinoya take fast-food favorites to hospitals
Japan's restaurants hunt for new opportunities as population shrinks
Hong Kong protests
Hong Kong protests start to take a toll on consumption
Territory's retail sales set to mark a double-digit decline in July-August
Nikkei Markets
US rate-cut hopes, China data support Hong Kong shares
Giordano and Bonjour slip on profit warnings, while airlines rise after June data
Nikkei Markets
Hong Kong shares edge up as US rate-cut hopes linger
Chinese airlines gain after reporting June operational data
Business trends
Travelers beware: Japanese inns now taking vacations of their own
Labor shortage and exhausted staff force ryokan to close on some days
