Japan inbound tourist numbers hit record high in December despite 45% drop from China

Tourists to Japan from China dropped ‌45% in December from the year earlier ⁠but the total number of inbound visitors hit a record high for the ​month, the Japanese minister for tourism ‍said on Tuesday. Beijing had in November urged its citizens not to travel ⁠to Japan ‌in ⁠an effort to punish Japanese Prime Minister ‍Sanae Takaichi for comments she made about ​Taiwan.

For all of 2025, total ⁠tourist numbers to Japan reached a record 42.7 ⁠million people, exceeding 40 million for the first time, Yasushi ⁠Kaneko, the minister for land, infrastructure, transport and ⁠tourism, ‌told a press conference.

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