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JAPAN TOURISM AGENCY

Tourists cross the Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
Japan tourist spending rises despite drop in visitor arrivals
The news comes as Japan approaches the one-year mark since Chinese authorities began issuing advisories urging citizens to avoid travel to Japan.
Foreign visitors’ overnight stays in Japan reached an estimated 179.92 million in 2025, up 55.6% from 2019, with 39 of 47 prefectures surpassing prepandemic levels.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2026
Overnight stays by foreign guests exceed prepandemic levels in 39 prefectures
Such stays reached an estimated 179.92 million in 2025, up 55.6% from level in 2019, a Japan Tourism Agency survey has found.
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in March. Various cities around the world have cracked down on private lodgings, such as in Barcelona where the city is attempting to eradicate all short-stay apartments by 2028.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2026
Japan to allow local governments to ban private lodging
The move comes amid complaints of lodgers partying at night, ignoring trash rules, and leaving cigarette butts on the streets.
A city bus in Kyoto. The city announced in February its plan to introduce dual pricing for municipal bus fares in the city center.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2026
Japan Tourism Agency to launch panel on dual pricing targeting outsiders
Some municipalities have already introduced such systems in response to a surge in the number of inbound visitors to Japan.
The Japan Tourism Agency aims to disperse inbound tourists through regional tourism promotion and curb overtourism in major cities.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2025
Japan eyes intensive aid to promote regional tourism
With the program, the agency aims to disperse inbound tourists through regional tourism promotion and curb overtourism in major cities.
Japan may cover half the cost of installing fences around outdoor baths at traditional inns and hotels to prevent bear attacks.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2025
Japan weighs aid for outdoor bath fences amid bear attacks
The Japan Tourism Agency is aiming to cover half the cost of installing fences around outdoor baths at inns and hotels.
Abandoned Japanese-style inns in the Kinugawa hot springs resort in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, in March 2023
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2025
Japan to subsidize demolition of abandoned inns
Many large hotels running since the end of World War II were left to rot in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Visitors walk toward the Sensoji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo in June. Over 3 million foreign nationals are estimated to have visited Japan in September alone.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2025
Foreign visitors to Japan this year top 30 million at fastest pace yet
With the autumn foliage season and winter holidays still to come, the yearly figure could end up exceeding 40 million for the first time.
An event featuring maiko (young female entertainers) is held at the Hotel Seiryu Kyoto Kiyomizu in the city of Kyoto.
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2025
Experiential tourism key to driving inbound spending in Japan
The consumption patterns of visitors to Japan have been shifting as their enthusiasm for purchasing luxury items appears to be waning.
Japan aims to attract more digital nomads from abroad, who are expected to stay longer in the country than tourists.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2025
Japan to support efforts to attract digital nomads
The tourism agency will provide subsidies to cover part of the expenses for preparation of workplaces and accommodation for such workers.
Tourists take photos at Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2025
Japan saw a record 37 million visitors from abroad in 2024
The full-year number in 2024 represents a 47.1% year-to-year increase and was up 15.6% compared with 2019.
The Japan Tourism Agency will launch a model project to support accommodation operators working to turn around their businesses.
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2025
Japan to launch model project helping struggling accommodation owners
Know-how gained from the project will be compiled into guidelines by the Japan Tourism Agency as a reference for other operators.
A prayer space for Muslims set up at a commercial complex in Tokyo. The Japan Tourism Agency is set to provide subsidies for the establishment of such prayer spaces.
JAPAN
May 2, 2024
Japan aims to attract more vegetarian and Muslim visitors
Pictograms showing what ingredients are included in restaurant food and souvenirs will be promoted.
JAPAN
May 8, 2023
Japan to push experience-based programs for foreign tourists
In March, the Japan Tourism Agency selected 139 experience-based programs as the first batch out of some 1,000 applications made by municipalities and others.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2020
Japan Tourism Agency to promote school trips abroad, with China as major destination
The Japan Tourism Agency is set to promote school trips abroad and other overseas tours for educational purposes in order to help expand interaction between young people in Japan and those outside the nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Apr 28, 2019
Fukushima Prefecture enjoys sharp jump in foreign lodgers
Foreign hotel stays in Fukushima Prefecture more than doubled to 17,700 in January, marking the highest year-on-year growth among all prefectures, according to Japan Tourism Agency statistics released in March.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2019
Coming events give Japan chance to shine as travel destination — if it can rise to the occasion, says tourism chief
Once a tourism underachiever, Japan is riding high like never before. Last year, the nation attracted a record 31 million foreign tourists, topping 30 million for the first time and pulling off nearly a fourfold jump from 2012.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2016
JTB hack underscores need for revamp of cybersecurity in Japan
A massive data breach at 91AV原创 largest travel agency has underscored the risks companies face when they keep sensitive data on networks connected to the internet, experts say. Some warn government systems are especially vulnerable to state-sponsored attack, including by China and North Korea.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2016
Japan ranked most popular spot for international conferences in Asia for fourth consecutive year
But a tally of countries that hosted international meetings says that Japan ranked seventh globally in 2015.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 4, 2016
91AV原创 tourism sector evolving but needs more work, cultural heritage expert says
91AV原创 tourism strategies have gone beyond just promoting hospitality and have put the nation on track to achieve global standards, a British-born cultural heritage expert said.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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