OVERTOURISMJapan’s biggest travel agency JTB forecasted that overall tourist numbers this year would be “slightly lower” compared to 2025 due to a decrease in demand from China and Hong Kong.Nevertheless, tourism income was expected to increase due to rising prices of items such as lodging and strong spending among visitors.It added that due to an uptick in repeat visitors to Japan, the places people want to visit are shifting from large cities to rural areas.Authorities say they want to spread sightseers more evenly around the country, as complaints of overcrowding in hotspots like Kyoto grow.As in other global tourist magnets…
This is big news for McD’s devotees. McDonald’s is reportedly going big in 2026 with some bold updates to their offerings, including the possibility of a new flagship sandwich. The new Big Arch burger, a beefy, cheesy, saucy double-stack featuring onions two-ways, has already proven popular overseas — and soon likely to do the same in the US. The new burger first garnered cult fandom across Canadian and European markets in 2024, and eventually added to the permanent menu in the UK. While McDonald’s has yet to officially confirm the dish’s stateside debut, insiders have told The Post that the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The European Union’s top official did not hold back in her warnings about President Donald Trump’s threat to impose fresh tariffs on countries opposing his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Trump’s threats “a mistake” and questioned the U.S.’s trustworthiness, saying that the E.U.-U.S. trade deal from July had to “mean something.””Arctic security can only be achieved together. This is why the proposed additional tariffs are a mistake, especially between long-standing allies. The E.U. and U.S. have agreed to a…
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David Beckham is keeping quiet amid his son Brooklyn Beckham’s explosive statement accusing the retired soccer star and wife Victoria of controlling him for much of his life. David, 50, was pictured at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, January 20, where he recorded a podcast with psychologist and author Adam Grant. The sports star avoided questions about his son’s statement as he walked across the room at the annual conference. Sky News business correspondent Paul Kelso attempted to ask him, “David, do you have a message for Brooklyn this morning?” per video footage published by the…
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“We have a range of levers and opportunities to provide further regulation of those environments, particularly around areas that the police might be aware of, where this sort of incidence is more common,” he said.“We’re very open to advice from the police and others about how we can make Perth entertainment districts safer.”Tim Picton was an adviser to Labor governments in WA and Victoria before becoming at Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources.WA does not have precinct-wide lockout laws, but venues are allowed to implement them, and their venue licence may have conditions on trading hours.Sydney has lockout laws which stop venues…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The latest bipartisan campaign to rein in President Donald Trump’s war authority in Venezuela may have failed, but the lawmaker behind the push has no intention of stopping his pursuit.Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., plans to continue his goal of corralling Trump’s policing power across the globe, and believes that he can find support among Republicans to pass a war powers resolution out of the Senate.”The other thing we’re going to do is this: We’re going to be filing a whole lot more war powers resolutions,” Kaine said after the unsuccessful vote to…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The ongoing investigations into whether widespread fraud has roiled Minnesota’s social welfare programs could soon spread to other blue states, if House Republicans get their way.Several GOP lawmakers told Fox News Digital they wanted to see probes expanded into New York, California, Illinois, and Wisconsin, among other areas, as both Congress and the federal government bear down on Gov. Tim Walz’s administration.”Many in California and representatives from New York are telling us that what is happening in Minnesota — the fraud, the daycares, the fake use of daycares and the embezzlement of…
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Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham’s wedding is back in the spotlight after Brooklyn issued a scathing statement slamming his parents, David Beckham and Victoria Beckham. The famous family has been navigating their ongoing feud since the couple tied the knot in 2022.On Monday, January 19, Brooklyn, 26, shared what he claims is his side of the story, writing that Victoria, 51, “hijacked” his first dance with his wife during the couple’s special day. “In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with…
