Japan is grappling with some new trends in the tourism industry. While some of the new features benefit visitors not everyone is finding it easy to adjust. Japan is expected to welcome more than 19 million foreign visitors this year. That's more than ever. They'll all be looking for a place to stay which is driving a surging demand in private lodging services.

Delegates from around the world are in Paris to discuss the future of the planet. Government leaders and heads of state from nearly 150 countries opened the UN Conference on Climate Change on Monday with speeches that underlined how serious climate change is.