Originally Posted by
Berrysurprise
is this thread still alive?
I guess I will be facing similar issues for my upcoming Japan airbnb in August.
There is a new ruling and hosts are to register some kind of license by June.
I did my part and contact their support and was told that the service fee cannot be refund at the moment.
It is alright to take a wait-and-see approach.
I have a hotel booking ready, anyway.
As long as owner has registered and applied to the government as renter for short term basis, it is fine.
In fact, this rule has been implemented in Japan for many years, but Japan government not really enforced it until early this year. All the time when I visit Japan and using Airbnb, first thing I will ask to the owner if he has registered for short term rental or not