Host clubs, where young male staff "pamper and flatter" female guests, are "booming" in Japan. Some 21,000 male hosts work at 900 of these lucrative establishments but opaque prices for drinks and ...

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Japan’s first-ever bunk-bed ‘sleeper bus’ aims to remove accommodation costs for young travellers. The double-decker sleeper bus is due to be unveiled on March 4 and will travel between ...

Japan will unveil its first-ever double-decker sleeper bus on March 4, travelling between Tokyo and the southern city of Kochi, located on the island of Shikoku. Operator Kochi Ekimae Kanko calls ...