No. of foreign visitors to Japan tops 40 mil.

No. of foreign visitors to Japan tops 40 mil.

Foreign tourists take a picture at the famous scramble intersection in Tokyo's Shibuya area on Jan. 20, 2026. The number of foreign visitors to Japan surged 16 percent to an estimated 42.7 million in 2025, exceeding 40 million for the first time.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA005066076
  • Registered date
  • 2026/1/20 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2026 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2651 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.47(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    No. of foreign visitors to Japan tops 40 mil.

    No. of foreign visitors to Japan tops 40 mil.

    Tourists pack a street near Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 20, 2026. The number of foreign visitors to Japan surged 16 percent to an estimated 42.7 million in 2025, exceeding 40 million for the first time.
      Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

      Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

      Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2026, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.
        Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

        Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

        Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2026, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.
          New Year's Day in Tokyo

          New Year's Day in Tokyo

          A police officer directs people at Kaminari-mon gate at Senso-ji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Jan. 1, 2026.
            Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

            Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

            Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2026, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.
              TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

              TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

              Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.
                TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

                TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

                Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.
                  New Year's greeting cards

                  New Year's greeting cards

                  A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.
                    New Year's greeting cards

                    New Year's greeting cards

                    A woman posts New Year's greeting cards in a special mailbox at the Tokyo central post office in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Dec. 15, 2025, as post offices across Japan begin accepting the "nengajo" cards for 2026.
                      Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

                      Niigata gov. OKs TEPCO's 1st nuclear reactor restart since Fukushima

                      Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi holds an unscheduled press conference in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025, saying he will approve the restart of the No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the prefecture, the first for its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.