Japan has launched a sleeper bus with fully flat seats that could help concertgoers and tourists avoid having to pay for a hotel. Bus operator Kochi Ekimae Kanko has unveiled their new double-decker ...

For my last night, I wanted to stay in a capsule hotel. Capsule hotels, often called pod hotels, originated in Japan. I've stayed in a capsule hotel in Australia and think it's best described as a ...

It's surely the ultimate hotel for gamers. In Osaka, Japan, a hotel called 'e-Zone ... Once they've finished gaming, guests ...

But that is also raising prices for Kojima’s staff and other Japanese business travellers. Capsule hotels, a Japanese institution, offer claustrophobic bed-sized pods, often double-stacked in rows.

An curved arrow pointing right. Capsule hotels — hotels that feature futuristic pods instead of rooms — are a Japanese staple. Said to originally have been developed for traveling businessmen ...

A capsule hotel in Tokyo is collecting and analyzing heart rates, breathing frequencies and other data of guests to improve the quality of sleep. Information technology provider NTT Data Japan Corp.

Eetu Rahkola, the entrepreneur behind Uumen Hotels, refers to the accommodations as "micro-rooms," each featuring a door, a small standing area, with an integrated bed and storage space. Bathrooms and ...