Japan Travel News

Japanese look to new fish processing sources

Last year Norway exported nearly 60,000 tonnes of mackerel to China, which then sells a lot of processed fish to Japanese companies. But rising labour costs in China have forced Japanese importers to look for other countries that process fish. More >

Tourism summit opens in Japan amid ‘turbulence’

The international travel and tourism industry’s annual summit opened in northern Japan Monday, as the sector moves to recover from a year filled with economic turbulence and natural disasters. More >

Tourism sector targets Japanese visitors

Viet Nam ranked the third most attractive destination to Japanese tourirsts in the ASEAN region with nearly 482,000 Japanese coming to the country last year, up 8.9 per cent from the previous year, although it was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami in March last year. More >