foreign tourists

The number of visitors had been on the rise since last June with the gradual easing of entry restrictions, particularly for business people.

The government's Go To Travel subsidy campaign offers only temporary aid for hotels that had difficulty attracting domestic visitors even before the pandemic.

The Japanese government is expected to come up with a plan by the end of the year to revive the number of foreign visitors, officials say.

The system can also translate 109 languages, enabling smooth communication with foreign guests in their mother tongues.

The drop is the first since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated the Tohoku region.

If Japan and China can reach an agreement on reciprocal travel, the chairman of Asia's biggest online travel agency sees outbound travel spiking from pent-up demand.

Foreign nationals traveling to Japan in June totaled an estimated 2,600, posting a year-on-year plunge of 99.9 percent for the third consecutive month amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Wednesday. Inbound visitors sank to 1,700 in May, marking the lowest figure since 1964 ...

The short messaging service will send information on crucial phone numbers and web links that can help tourists caught up in quakes, typhoons and blackouts.

Japan received an estimated 1,700 foreign travelers in May, an all-time low for the second consecutive month, amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Wednesday. The number, down 99.9 percent from a year earlier and compared with 2,900 in April, is the lowest since 1964, ...

In tweets, the Japan Tourism Agency said the program under consideration would only cover “a portion of domestic travel expenses.”

Some hotels and a university are offering free accommodation to foreign nationals who are stranded in Japan because their home countries have closed borders due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. The Kaname Inn Tatemachi, a hotel in the popular tourist spot of ...