A woman takes photographs of autumn leaves in Hibiya park in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2025. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Despite Beijing’s travel boycott, foreign visitor numbers to Japan increased by 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.
