The Mainichi Daily News has an interesting article on Cheap accommodation in Yokohama. There is a lot of inexpensive accommodation in the Kotobuki district of Yokohama’s Naka-ku, and it’s being promoted as a good place for foreigners to stay. “Since June, about 70 foreign visitors from 15 countries including Sweden, Italy and Malaysia have stayed in the area, paying as little as 3,000 yen a night for self-catering accommodation. The area is popular among overseas guests because it is close to tourist spots such as Chinatown and Yamashita Park.”

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Japan has dropped from ninth place to 11th place in the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI ranks 177 countries according to the health, education and living standards of the people who live there. The top ten countries in the list are mostly the rich northern and western European countries, with Australia and Canada in the top five and the USA in tenth place, just ahead of Japan.

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