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

Officials 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.

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 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.