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TOURISM

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2023
Despite perception as eyesore, wind turbine tourism takes off
There is ample research to suggest that travelers are not only unfazed by wind farms, but find them objects of fascination.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Feb 18, 2023
Japan’s award-winning travel goods make any trip a breeze
Don't even think about leaving home without these mindfully produced travel essentials.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 18, 2023
Life and leisure in the fast lane: Japan's motorsports tourism push
Japan may be famous for its high-speed trains, but what if its cars were just as much of a tourist draw?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Feb 16, 2023
Tensions over Mandarin on the rise in Hong Kong after reopening
Debate over discrimination against Mandarin speakers in the city has been reignited following an influx of visitors from mainland China, with a viral video stoking concerns.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2023
Foreign arrivals to Japan nearly hit 1.5 million in January amid Lunar New Year boost
But while travelers from East Asia, including South Korea and Taiwan, represented about 1 million visitors, the total was still 44.3% below January 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 15, 2023
Japan airports struggle with staff shortages amid inbound travel recovery
With many occupations in the industry requiring qualifications and experience, a return to adequate staffing is likely to take time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2023
Japan aiming for record number of foreign visitors in 2025
The government's tourism plan covering fiscal 2023 to 2025 also aims to increase per person spending to ¥200,000 ($1,500), up around 25% from 2019 levels.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2023
Japan likely to ease COVID-19 border controls for Chinese travelers
The government will likely change the practice of testing on arrival travelers from China to a sample testing method to check only a limited number of people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2023
Eight-week wait for visas to Europe slows China’s reopening
China’s rapid dismantling of COVID-19 has led to complications at European embassies issuing visas to Chinese travelers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2023
Vending machines make duty-free shopping easier for travelers in Japan
Travelers can pre-order items online and pick them up at automated retail machines at airports or other transport hubs in major cities including Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2023
Japan's fourth quarter economic growth likely rebounded on tourism reopening
Signs of stronger momentum heading into 2023 could influence major companies and workers in Japan as they head into annual labor talks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 3, 2023
Airlines JAL and ANA both in the black in April-December period
Travel demand has recovered quickly after Japan largely relaxed its pandemic-related border restrictions in October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 1, 2023
Shopping complex and Japan's largest airport hotel open at Haneda terminal
The full opening of the 12-story mixed-use development comes as Japan aims to welcome back inbound travelers after easing its border controls last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2023
China resumes issuing visas for Japanese after dispute over border measures
China halted visas earlier this month following tough new border control rules imposed by Tokyo as Beijing ended its nationwide 'zero-COVID' policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2023
Foreign nationals entering Japan surged in 2022 after easing of COVID steps
Although 4.20 million people entered Japan last year — up sharply from around 353,000 in 2021 — the figure was far below the record 31.19 million in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2023
China to partially resume overseas group tours, but Japan not included
The Chinese Culture and Tourism Ministry said the restart on a trial basis is 'significant in promoting the recovery and development of the tourism industry.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2023
With the end of ‘zero-COVID,’ when will Chinese tourists return to Japan?
A number of factors may stand in the way of a timely boost to the hospitality industry over Lunar New Year — from expensive flights to Japan's border rules for arrivals from China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 20, 2023
COVID catastrophe looms for China’s New Year travelers
Travelers, from migrant workers to college students to educated urban elites, risk carrying the highly-infectious omicron strain with them to COVID-naive swaths of rural China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2023
Foreign visitors to Japan rise over fifteenfold in 2022
In December alone, the number of foreign visitors rose by some 1.5 times from the previous month to 1.37 million, or over 50% of the level in December 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 17, 2023
Airlines face hurdles to cashing in on China reopening
U.S. and European airlines will benefit from demand for travel to China, but route approvals, fresh COVID-19 testing rules and not enough large aircraft remain barriers to rising sales.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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