How will Japan rebuild its tourism industry after the blows inflicted on it by the COVID-19 pandemic? Strategies that will lead to stable growth are essential, rather than simple numerical targets ...

Japan has already taken some measures to address issues with tourism. Last year officials in Kyoto banned tourists from certain alleyways in Gion, the popular geisha district , after complaints ...

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...

That was a peak after seven consecutive years of growth. In a pre-coronavirus Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he aimed to attract 40 million overseas tourists in 2020.

"The inbound tourism situation in 2019 was not ideal. We had many issues we needed to solve," said Hoshino. "We had the problem of 'overtourism' and we need to seek growth while solving these issues." ...

Japan notched a new record high for inbound tourism in 2024.. It welcomed 36.87 million tourists, up by more than 15% on the 2019’s previous best of 31.88 million, according to Japan National ...

In this paper, we review developments in Japanese inbound tourism and investigate the main determinants of its rapid growth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a panel autoregressive distributed lag ...

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green will return from Japan Wednesday after signing a sister-state memorandum of understanding and engaging in cross-cultural exchanges and business meetings.

Japan's tourism has exploded in recent years, with a record 36.8 million visitors in 2024. The weak yen has drawn visitors to Japan, which is already experiencing overtourism impacts.