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Arrivals fell 9.6% in August while US visits ran at a record pace, up 6.1% for the year. One market explains almost the entire drop.
By Anjali Shrestha · Sep 20, 2026
Japan took 3,098,900 visitors in August, 9.6% fewer than a year earlier — and the fall is almost entirely one country. Arrivals from mainland China dropped to 418,000 from 1,018,747, a decline of 59% in a single month. American arrivals went the other way…
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Chinese arrivals are down 3.8 million this year, while Japan's total is down only 758,000. That ratio is the thing worth understanding: the drop from one market was about five times the size of the overall decline, which means every other market combined grew…
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The United States is the largest long-haul market and still growing. 2,305,300 Americans arrived in the first eight months of 2026, 132,268 more than the same period last year. August itself was almost flat at +1.5%, which is what a market at capacity looks…
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Less pressure in the places Chinese group travel concentrated, and no relief at all in the places everyone else goes. This is the honest reading. Japan still took 27.6 million visitors in eight months. Kyoto in April is not going to feel empty because one…
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27,626,300 in the first eight months, down 2.7% on the same period in 2025, on JNTO's preliminary figures.
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Because arrivals from mainland China fell 56.7% year to date, a drop of about 3.8 million. Most other markets grew. The data does not say why Chinese travel fell.
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More than ever. 2,305,300 US arrivals January to August 2026, up 6.1% year on year, making the US the largest long-haul market.
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South Korea, with 7,420,300 arrivals in the first eight months of 2026, up 21.2%. Source: Japan National Tourism Organization, monthly visitor arrivals, released 16 September 2026. JNTO notes that 2025 figures are definitive while 2026 figures are preliminary…
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