The Asia Pacific Institute of Research is warning that overtourism could morph into a more serious issue if the government's ...

Japan will introduce a ¥4,000 (or about £20 ) entry fee for all four main trails of Mount Fuji starting this summer to tackle ...

FUKUI--Once a bustling port for Kitamaebune merchant ships, the historic district of Mikuniminato in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, ...

Hot spring resorts across Japan are facing water shortages as the influx of foreign tourists drives up usage, forcing some ...

Hot spring resorts across Japan are facing water shortages as the influx of foreign tourists drives up usage, forcing some ...

A fresh round for Japanese communities to apply to host an integrated resort (IR) with casino may start in 2026, according to four sources spoken to by GGRAsia, based on information they have ...

The massive influx of foreign tourists has proven to be more bane than boon for the Japanese onsen [hot spring] industry.

Japan began welcoming foreign cruise ships again in 2023. Now, it hopes to welcome 2.5 million international cruisers in 2025 ...

AFP via Getty Images Visitors from far and wide have been traveling to Japan, with the country breaking a tourism record in 2024. Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, projections indicated that nearly 33.4 ...

From Hokkaido's pristine powder-snow peaks to the neon-lit drinking warrens of downtown Osaka, inbound tourists are flocking ...

Akie Doi, a music and yoga teacher from Kanazawa, Japan, fell in love with Puri during her maiden visit to Odisha in 2022.

When mapped by Newsweek, the data shows that two primary clusters of countries have tourism taxes. In Europe, 14 countries ...