The number of foreign visitors to Japan rose to 25.06 million in 2023, the first time the number exceeded 20 million since the coronavirus pandemic, the Japan National Tourism Organization says..
The number of foreign visitor arrivals in Japan in 11 months from January totaled 22,332,000, topping 20 million in a calendar year for the first time since 2019, government data showed Wednesday, a fresh sign of the tourism boom's resurgence in the country following the coronavirus pandemic.
Chinese holidaymakers visiting Japan have said they are enjoying eating sushi amid Beijing's ban on Japanese seafood imports, imposed following the release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear complex into the sea.