Short-stay Japanese love hotels are often used for sex, but there's more to them. Some of the love hotels in Tokyo offer rates for groups of women to visit for girls' nights. The accommodations are ...

(CNN) — Last year, French photographer François Prost spent hours browsing Google Maps to plan a road trip documenting Japan’s “love hotels” — establishments found across the country that offer hourly ...

An urban explorer discovered an abandoned Japanese love hotel that had been left untouched for 20 years. Luke Bradburn, 29, uncovered the abandoned establishment near Nagoya in southern Japan.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Leisure Hotels Ltd says its love hotels have maintained an occupancy rate of more than 250 percent despite the recession, though the financial crisis is slowing its expansion ...

Digital Edition: Japan ‘love hotel’ investor seeks £50m of equity An AIM-listed company that buys Japan’s secretive ‘love hotels’ wants to raise £50m of new equity from a share sale to fund expansion ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - An industry known for its privacy is flirting with the public, as Japanese love hotel funds look to entice retail investors with attractive returns. Many of the hotels popular with ...