Kids Web Japan

Q. How many foreigners visit Japan and from what countries and regions? How many Japanese people visit other countries and regions, and where do they go?

A.

The number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2005 was 7.45 million. Around half of them came for sightseeing, and the remainder visited Japan either on business or for study.

Visitors were most numerous from the Republic of Korea at 25.5%, followed by Taiwan (19.6%) and the United States (15.0%).

The number of Japanese who went overseas, meanwhile, was 17.4 million in 2005.

Foreign Tourists to Japan by Country(2005)

	Number	Share (%)	Tourists (number)
Republic of Korea	1,607,457	26.3	1,017,206
Taiwan	1,248,248	20.4	1,129,250
United States	746,921	12.2	322,049
China	463,273	7.6	89,885
China(Hong Kong)	246,431	4.0	221,588
Britain	192,987	3.2	92,750
Australia	189,142	3.1	184,729
Others	1,426,250	23.3	663,009
Total	6,120,709	100.0	3,546,194

Sources: Ministry of Justice.

Destination of Japanese Traveling Abroad (2005)

	Number
United States	3,883,906
Republic of Korea	2,439,809
Hong Kong	1,210,848
China	3,389,800
Taiwan	1,124,334
Australia	685,500
Guam	955,245

Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.