Chinese tourist arrivals to Japan plunge 41% in January amid simmering tensions

The decline in the number of Chinese visitors to Japan accelerated in January, fuelling the first monthly drop since Covid-19 restrictions were lifted, offering the clearest sign yet of economic fallout from tensions between the countries. Arrivals from China shrank 61 per cent in January from a year earlier, compared with a 45 per cent decline in December, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) said on Wednesday, citing a shift in the timing of the Lunar New Year holiday and warnings...

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Chinese visitors to Japan down 60.7% in January amid spat in ties

The number of mainland Chinese visitors to Japan declined 60.7% in January compared to the same month last year, figures showed Wednesday, in the continued fallout from the countri...