Foreign Visitor Numbers to Japan Up 10 Percent in November, Despite China Travel Boycott

Asia & PacificOfficials acknowledged Beijing’s travel advisory, but noted that 562,600 visitors had still come from China last month, a 3 percent increase from last year.Despite Beijing’s travel boycott, foreign visitor numbers to Japan increased 10.4 percent in November from a year earlier to 3.52 million, the country’s tourism board said on Dec. 17.The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) said the year-to-date number of foreign visitors through November totaled 39,065,600, surpassing the full-year record of 36,870,148 set in 2024.