In contrast, 694,300 Japanese people went overseas in March, only 36 percent of the level seen in the same month of 2019. The ratio has hovered between 30 and 40 percent for three consecutive months.

"Many people in Japan think public security is getting worse as the number of foreign residents increases" he says. Tanabe says it's important for schools to incorporate international exchanges.

The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from ...

The measure only applies to those who went abroad before the entry ban was implemented on April 3 and does not cover people now in Japan who want to travel overseas for nonessential purposes.

In my adult life, the global gripe has always been that not enough Americans travel overseas ... which makes people nervous. In Japan, there is a “cultural preference for risk aversion ...

We need more people who can communicate in English, Chinese and South Korean." Hokkaido and other regions of Japan can expect to attract even more visitors from overseas, but they could be ...