TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An advisory panel to Japan's farm ministry proposed on Friday a target to triple tourist food consumption to 4.5 trillion yen ($30 billion) by 2030, as it seeks to use record ...

The government is said to have set its first targets to boost spending on Japanese cuisine by visitors to the country and in overseas nations.

Japan's tourism industry faces severe labour shortages as young workers abandon hospitality jobs for better pay and work-life ...

Foreign tourists have had an outzised impact on Japan’s economic growth. However, their influence could start to wane as the ...

According to statistics from the Japan National Tourism Organization ... wages and productivity improvements in the ...

An advisory panel to Japan's farm ministry proposed on Friday a target to triple tourist food consumption to 4.5 trillion yen ($30 billion) by 2030, as it seeks to use record visitors to overcome ...