Japan tourism

Japan remains closed to international tourists and has not yet made plans to reopen despite a global trend to lift pandemic entry restrictions.

Many foreign residents have had their hopes to enter Japan dashed as new border controls make little impact. 

Anticipation of an economic windfall in 2020 has fallen flat, but there’s still hope for the post-COVID future.

A newly devised tourism recovery campaign gets bogged down in a debate over transparency and inflated costs.

Japanese companies are bracing for a slowdown in supply chains and sales.

The influx is remaking Japan's ski resorts -- and potentially its foreign policy as well.

Japan’s best-selling travel guide has a tendency to heavily stress crime and danger in other countries.

Maritime tensions and historical issues notwithstanding, Chinese tourists are flocking to Japan. Why?

Tourism remains an area of great potential for the Asia-Pacific.

The country is welcoming Muslim tourists from Southeast Asia, but worries about the threat of terrorism.

Expanding the international tourism industry will be a cultural challenge for Japan.