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International tourism to Japan has exploded in recent years, and while the official figure for 2024 is yet to be released it is now certain to be a new record in excess of the 31.9 million who ...
In March 2017, Daub hitchhiked the length of Japan, [6] sharing the experience via a new all mobile livestreaming channel called ONLY in JAPAN * GO which has 314,000 subscribers as of February 2023. He collected the YouTube 1 Million subscriber award at the [7] YouTube FanFest Japan 2019 cementing him as one of the top YouTube creators in Japan.
Chopsticks (はし, hashi) have been used in Japan since the Nara period (710–794). [17] There are many traditions and unwritten rules surrounding the use of chopsticks. For example, it is considered particularly taboo to pass food from chopsticks to chopsticks, as this is how bones are handled by the family of the deceased after a cremation.
Tourism in Japan is a major industry and contributor to the Japanese economy. In 2019, the sector directly contributed 11 trillion yen (US$100 billion), or 2% of the ...
Starting in 2015, Chinese tourists traveling on approved cruise ships have been allowed to enter Japan without a visa, provided they embark and disembark the same specified ships. [103] In 2016, Japan reportedly planned to further ease visa requirements for visitors from key markets such as India, China, and Vietnam. [104]
Japan's majestic Mt. Fuji was some 700,000 years in the making, but on one sultry May morning, it was gone. At least on one side of a busy road, views of the 3,776-metre (12,388 foot) symbol of ...
The evacuation of 379 people on Japan Airlines flight 516 is no casual miracle, but the result of years of work to hone safety procedures and save lives, experts say. How safety rules ‘written ...
It began as a news channel in February 2009. NHK World-Japan's free-to-air broadcasts have been available in HD by satellite since then. NHK World-Japan HD currently broadcasts from Intelsat 19 166°E, 68.5°E, Astra 19.2°E, Hot Bird 13°E, 58°W, to SES-3 103°W. [5] In the United States, NHK World-Japan is available on DirecTV channels 322 ...