Japan saw a record 40 million tourists visit last year, new figures have shown, as simmering tensions with China fail to put a damper on the numbers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/japan-foreign-visitor-number-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tourism #mlit #yasushikaneko
Taxis in Tokyo’s 23 wards and its cities will increase their fares, partly to raise income for taxi drivers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/15/tokyo-taxi-price-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #mlit #taxis #tourism
Attacked by the Trump regime for… [checks notes] going to the doctor's:
While ICE conducts a raid in Minneapolis, a woman trying to get to a doctor's appointment drives through the street where ICE is working. ICE then smashes her windows, drags her out of the vehicle, cuts her seatbelt, and arrests her.
This is what they call "The land of the free", while Trump calls other countries "Shithole countries".
While physical book sales have failed to bounce back in postpandemic China, some bookstores have become tourist hot spots for their photo opportunities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/asia-pacific/china-bookstores-selfie/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #books #bookstores #china #tourism
Nagasaki placed 17th and Okinawa 46th on The New York Times' list of "52 places to go in 2026." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/07/japan/nagasaki-okinawa-ny-times/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nagasaki #okinawa #us #tourism #wwii #atomicbombings #newspapers #newyorktimes
Japan is aiming to step up actions against the operators of private lodging services found to be causing disturbances in surrounding areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/06/japan/japan-to-tackle-problematic-lodgings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tourism #minpaku
Japanese ingredients, particularly eggs and milk, are increasingly being promoted to meet growing demand from foreign visitors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/06/japan/eggs-milk-foreign-visitors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #food #tourism #hotels #socialmedia
Duty-free sales at Japan’s leading department store operators fell sharply in December, highlighting how prolonged geopolitical tensions with China are weighing on the retail sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/companies/japan-duty-free-sales-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tourism #departmentstores #dutyfree #shopping #china #chinajapanrelations #japaneseeconomy
Business travelers land in Japan with high expectations and a big budget,and travel agencies and hotel operators are on hand to give them everything they want — for a price. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/04/companies/japan-business-travelers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hotels #mandarinhotel #hilton #tourism
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
Em :official_verified:
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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
joene 🏴🍉
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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
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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