A 26-year-old Japanese tourist has died after jumping from a cliff into the ocean in the southern part of the Island of Hawaii. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/japanese-tourist-death-hawaii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hawaii #tourism #marineaccidents
Japan is set to begin another round of screening for locations seeking to develop integrated resorts including casinos, following Osaka’s approval in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/new-casino-resort-site-selection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #casinos #tourism #osaka #hokkaido #tokyo #localgovernment
China's government is instructing travel agencies in the country to cut the number of group tours to Japan as the two countries' dispute following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan continues to fester. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/china-curbs-group-tours-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #tourism #airlines #flights #taiwan
Japan's love for the sights and flavors found at Christmas markets has only grown over the years, with more and more major shopping complexes and public spaces hosting such events. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/society/japan-christmas-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tourism #christmas #christmasmarkets #yokohamaredbrickwarehouse #shibapark #meijijingugaien
The Japan Tourism Agency is looking to provide intensive support to activities designed to attract tourists to regional areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/intensive-aid-regional-tourism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japantourismagency #tourism #overtourism
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US will require EU citizens to give all biometric data including DNA in new ESTA requirements
#USA #EU #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #technology #tourism #travel #enshittification
Em :official_verified:
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Yeah, I don't think this is going to exactly help us recover from the massive drop in #tourism since his term started.
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#Trump Wants People to Submit DNA Just to Get a #TouristVisa
Want to visit the USA? CBP will make you submit your social media history—and your family history & #DNA too.
#SocialMedia would become a “mandatory data element” , and all applicants would be required to submit a social media history going back five years.
#biometrics #privacy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-wants-people-submit-dna-212517547.html
Chinese visitor numbers increased on year and fell in November on month as Beijing discouraged travel to Japan following comments from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/17/nov-tourism-numbers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tourism #chinajapanrelations #china
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has said she is "always open" to dialogue with China despite a diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing over comments she made about Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/politics/takaichi-china-dialogue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #tourism #chinajapanrelations #china #sanaetakaichi
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Peak Glacier Extinction In The Mid-Twenty-First Century
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02513-9 <-- shared paper
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“📉 KEY FINDINGS
• At +4 °C, only ~18,000 glaciers remain worldwide by 2100
• At +1.5 °C, ~100,000 glaciers survive
• [They] identif[ed] “Peak Glacier Extinction”:
– ~2041 at +1.5 °C (~2,000 glaciers lost per year)
– ~2055 at +4 °C (~4,000 glaciers lost per year)
🏔️ THE ALPS
• At +2.7 °C, only ~110 glaciers remain by 2100.
• At +4 °C, this drops to just ~20.
Can you imagine the Alps with almost no glaciers left?...”
#model #modeling #global #glacier #loss #glacial #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GloGEM #OGGM #PyGEM #extinction #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #water #hydrology #freshwater #surfacewater #count #metrics #volume #thickness #size #sealevelrise #tourism #culture #usecase #waterresources #Alps #TheAlps #worldwide #melted #melting
Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century
Japan's next-generation ETC records and visualizes the driving histories of vehicles equipped with onboard units, and the government aims to harness this large-scale data for a variety of public and economic purposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/japan/etc-data-use/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #expressways #driving #mlit #tourism #localgovernment #disasterpreparedness
U.S. President Donald Trump has expanded a list of countries subject to a full travel ban, prohibiting citizens from an additional seven countries including Syria, from entering the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/world/politics/trump-seven-countries-travel-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #us #immigration #tourism #travelban
Peak Glacier Extinction In The Mid-Twenty-First Century
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02513-9 <-- shared paper
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“📉 KEY FINDINGS
• At +4 °C, only ~18,000 glaciers remain worldwide by 2100
• At +1.5 °C, ~100,000 glaciers survive
• [They] identif[ed] “Peak Glacier Extinction”:
– ~2041 at +1.5 °C (~2,000 glaciers lost per year)
– ~2055 at +4 °C (~4,000 glaciers lost per year)
🏔️ THE ALPS
• At +2.7 °C, only ~110 glaciers remain by 2100.
• At +4 °C, this drops to just ~20.
Can you imagine the Alps with almost no glaciers left?...”
#model #modeling #global #glacier #loss #glacial #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GloGEM #OGGM #PyGEM #extinction #climate #climatechange #globalwarming #water #hydrology #freshwater #surfacewater #count #metrics #volume #thickness #size #sealevelrise #tourism #culture #usecase #waterresources #Alps #TheAlps #worldwide #melted #melting
Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century
The Tsukiji Outer Market, a popular tourist spot in Tokyo, has issued a request this month asking tour operators to refrain from guiding tourists there toward the end of the year to ease congestion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/japan/society/tsukiji-market-yearend-crowds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tsukiji #tokyo #tourism #toyosu
Japan’s land ministry is considering granting prefectures authority to coordinate efforts to preserve scenic landscapes that extend across municipal boundaries, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/14/japan/prefectures-coordinate-landscape-protection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #localgovernment #environment #tourism
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#US could ask foreign tourists for five-year #SocialMedia history before entry
US will require EU citizens to give all biometric data including DNA in new ESTA requirements
#USA #EU #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #technology #tourism #travel #enshittification
joene 🏴🍉
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Even more reason not to consider going to the #US :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dz0g2ykpeo
"As well as the collection of social media information, the new document proposes the gathering of an applicant's telephone numbers and email addresses used over the last five and 10 years respectively, and more information about their family members." ......
If you refuse to give them your social media passwords, what are they going to do, deport you ?
Personally, I think if you "have" to go to the US, leave your personal mobile at home and just take a burner phone (feature phone), and make sure your embassy's number is in the contacts, incase you are picked up by the #ice nazis.
#US could ask foreign tourists for five-year #SocialMedia history before entry