Japan’s Toyoko Inn is moving ahead with plans for a massive hotel in Long Island City — its first in the U.S. — after initially toying with the idea in 2010. The hotel chain filed plans Tuesday to ...

A university student, center, teaches math to "Toyoko kids," at the University of Tokyo's Komaba Campus on June 1, 2024. (Mainichi/Shohei Kato) TOKYO -- The youths who hang out in a corner of the ...

Japanese no-frills hotel operator Toyoko Inn Co. is planning to expand into the U.S. market with a 640-room tower in the New York City borough of Queens, where it plans to offer tiny rooms for rates ...

Manhattan is the undisputed king of the New York hotel market, with nearly all of the largest hotels dotting the streets of Midtown. But one project coming to Queens will disrupt this: the massive ...

Teenagers have banded together to escape abuse and neglect but find themselves drawn toward drugs and sex work — with pitifully little support available for the most vulnerable. Suzuka and Nipa have ...

Tokyo’s Shinjuku is a vibrant business and entertainment district that is home to skyscrapers, buzzing clubs and neon-lit alleyways, making it a popular place for a night out in the capital. But just ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. A Japanese hotel company that wants to build a 615-room ...

Kabukicho in Shinjuku Ward is known as one of Tokyo's leading entertainment districts, whose flashing neon lights are a beacon attracting both locals and foreign tourists. Young people are drawn to an ...