Japan aims to receive a record number of foreign visitors in 2025, a draft of the government's revised plan shows, with inbound tourism seeing a steady recovery since the country significantly eased border measures last October.
The famed hot spring city of Gero is continuing its program of hiring a woman to work at city hall while training as a "maiko," or apprentice geisha, in a bid to revive the iconic Japanese tradition and drum up tourism.
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Japan's household spending in October increased a real 1.2 percent from a year earlier, rising for the fifth consecutive month, as people spent more on trips after the government lifted coronavirus restrictions and introduced a subsidy program to revive domestic tourism, government data shows.
Numerous tourists spots in Japan see visitors return on the first weekend after the government scrapped coronavirus border controls and implemented a domestic travel subsidy program in a bid to spur inbound and local tourism.