Japan seeks more visitors despite overtourism woes

Japan last year attracted over 25 million tourists from abroad, in part buoyed by the lifting of pandemic-era border restrictions, from countries such as South Korea, Singapore and the United States. Ichiro Takahashi, head of Japan's tourism agency, acknowledged the previously announced target of 60 million remains "tough", but stressed it is within the realm of possibility. "It is a figure that we can very much achieve by making the right efforts", Takahashi told a briefing in Tokyo. "There...