Japan says visa-free entry still a plan

The Yomiuri Shimbun The Japan Tourism Agency will analyze tweets by foreign tourists during their visits to Japan, in an effort to make the country a more attractive destination for visitors from overseas. An official at the agency said the ...

The UNWTO demystified the Japanese market, and TripAdvisor offered deeper insight into one of the world's largest travel website during the 12th Lanith Symposium, Marketing & Promoting Lao Tourism, held at Lao Airlines Vientiane headquarters on ...

TOKYO -- With a sharp rise in the number of overseas visitors to Japan, electronics retailer Laox is focusing on attracting customers from the rest of Asia. Luo Yiwen Laox now operates as a subsidiary of major Chinese retailer Suning ...

Manolo Lopez, Philippine ambassador to Japan, said in a television interview that once Japan lifts the visa requirements of Filipinos, Indonesians, and Vietnamese, the tourism industry of Japan could spike up, especially in the advent of the 2020 ...

Tourism PEI is hoping to capitalize on a new television show airing in Japan about the woman who translated Anne of Green Gables into Japanese. The 156-episode show about Hanako Muraoka started last month, and the P.E.I. tourism industry is already ...

By Ted Chen ,The China Post TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The International Affairs Division, Taiwan Tourism Bureau (台灣觀光協會) and their counterparts from Japan's Kagawa Prefectural Government (香川縣觀光協會) recently held a press conference ...

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The approximately 15,000 Taiwanese tourists set to visit Japan between now and the end of next month may find it difficult to travel around the country due to a severe shortage of tour buses, travel agencies said. The crisis first hit in July last ...

P.E.I. is seeing a boost in tourism interest from Japan in the wake of a new TV show that focuses on the life of the woman who translated Anne of Green Gables into Japanese. Hanako and Anne, which focuses on the life of Hanako Muraoka, began airing ...