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Why Did Japan Suddenly Kill Thousands of Airbnb Reservations?

TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE

Anatomy of a tourist-industry debacle: Thanks to new laws, not only were a huge number of confirmed reservations canceled, the number of hosts reportedly has dropped by 80 percent.

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