As Japan continues relaxing COVID-19 entry policies and allowing more international travelers to visit the much-loved country, the Japan National Tourism Organization is capitalizing on the time spent ...

Photo Credit: A user in Tokyo looks at information about the country's domestic tourism campaign via the LineTravel.jp superapp. Line Travel Japan is helping the country try to boost tourism without ...

After welcoming a record number of foreign visitors in 2019, Japan instituted one of the strictest border closures in the world during the pandemic. More than two years later, the country is slowly ...

Suddenly, bookings started to appear on Yuka Hashizume’s calendar. What had been blank white squares under October, November, December — even stretching into 2023 — became dotted with tour dates for ...

Japan has seen more tourists visit the country in 2024 than in any other year prior. AFP via Getty Images Visitors from far and wide have been traveling to Japan, with the country breaking a tourism ...

When a Chilean woman posted a video on Instagram of herself doing chin-ups on a sacred torii gate at a Japanese shrine, the backlash was almost immediate. For many in Japan this was just the latest ...

Hawaii is consistently one of the most popular holiday destinations for Japanese tourists. But they don’t show their love just by going there. Food, clothes and even festivals all over Japan ...

By John Geddie and Joseph Campbell SHIRAKAWA, Japan (Reuters) -Shiroki Mitsunari does not remember seeing bears in the ...

Like much of Asia, including Taiwan, Vietnam and Australia, Japan’s borders remain closed to tourists. TOKYO (— Filled with pink and fuzzy things and cuddly bears, 6%DOKIDOKI, a tiny store in the ...

Workers erect a barrier to block the view of a popular Mount Fuji photo spot, near a convenience store in Fujikawaguchiko town, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Tourism has become a ...