A single entry visa will climb to 15,000 yen, from the 3,000 yen charged currently, while multiple entry visas will cost 30,000 yen, up from the 6,000 yen now.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan’s tourism boom is anticipated to continue in 2025. The East Asian island country is popular among Gen Z and millennials, but ...

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Tourism has become a priority in Japan’s economic growth strategy. The pandemic blunted that effort, but when the Kishida Cabinet lifted its restrictions on foreigners entering Japan in 2022, the ...

Solving the issue is crucial to developing tourism sustainably as a strategic industry for Japan, the government said in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view shows cherry blossom trees over a pond at Ueno park in Tokyo, Japan, March 21, 2023. (photo credit: REUTERS/Androniki ...