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Joseph Lim May 19

"60m by 2030" was #ShinzoAbe 's target👇 but at what price to visitor experience & locals' wellbeing?🤔 Glad we've experienced a decade of visits when #Japan celebrated 5mil🤭 tourists as a milestone - 2025's 40mil was already too crowded.🚷

Japan's 2030 goal of 60 mil. foreign visitors hinges on regional tourism
"Te #Japanese #government approved in March te 5th basic plan for promoting Japan as a #tourism-oriented country, setting a 2030 target of 60mil inbound visitors"🤦‍♂️
https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/76174

OPINION: Japan's 2030 goal of 60 mil. foreign visitors hinges on regional tourism

The Japanese government approved in March the fifth basic plan for promoting Japan as a tourism-oriented country, setting a 2030 target of 60 million inbound visitors -- roughly 40 percent more than in 2025 -- a goal seen as unattainable without drawing more travelers to regional areas.

Japan Wire by Kyodo News
The Japan TimesMay 10
Japan's Golden Week diplomatic push highlights a growing focus on economic security and strategic outreach, but its compressed timing and lack of institutional flexibility raise doubts about how strategic it truly is. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/10/japan/japans-recent-diplomatic-offensive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #indopacific #middleeast #europe #africa #us #china #vietnam #australia #centralasia #southasia #russia #southeastasia #shinzoabe #freeandopenindopacific #foip #diet
Is Japan’s recent diplomatic offensive ‘strategic’?

Prime Ministger Takaichi risks continuing a pattern of compressed, opportunistic diplomacy — busy, but not always effective.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesMay 6
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to continue the diplomatic policy approach of her mentor and former leader Shinzo Abe during her latest tour of Vietnam and Australia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/politics/sanae-takaichi-diplomacy-shinzo-abe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #vietnamjapanrelations #australiajapanrelations #vietnam #australia #sanaetakaichi #shinzoabe
Takaichi aims to boost diplomacy through revamp of her mentor's policies

The prime minister has vowed to continue former leader Shinzo Abe's diplomatic approach during her latest tour of Vietnam and Australia.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesApr 27
Sanae Takaichi's economic strategy seeks to break Japan's stagnation by boosting investment and demand despite high debt, a theory advanced by Takuji Aida that remains promising but uncertain in practice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/27/understanding-sanaenomics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #sanaenomics #abenomics #japaneseeconomy #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #ldp
Struggling to understand Sanaenomics? A new book helps.

Takaichi argues the solution is investment — with Aida proposing a 'high-pressure economy' where demand outstrips supply and the government breaks the deadlock.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesApr 21
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made an offering to a shrine seen by Japan's neighbors as glorifying its wartime past, in a move that stops short of a visit but may still anger China and other neighboring nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/21/japan/politics/takaichi-ritual-offering-yasukuni-shrine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yasukunishrine #sanaetakaichi #wwii #china #southkorea #wardead #shinzoabe
Takaichi risks China's wrath with offering to Yasukuni Shrine

The prime minister's offering of a sacred tree was made on the first day of a traditional spring festival.

The Japan Times
David GraylessMar 24
On 24 Mar 2020: Japan's Prime Minister #ShinzōAbe announces the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the summer of 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The Japan TimesMar 20
Prime Minister Takaichi should anchor the Indo-Pacific through strength, openness and hardened engagement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/20/japan/takaichi-should-reject-populism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #xijinping #vladimirputin #sanaetakaichi #shinzoabe #china #us #usjapanrelations #defense
Memo to Takaichi: Reject the temptations of populism

The year 2026 has crystallized a geopolitical landscape defined by nationalist leadership.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesMar 12
Former members of Liberal Democratic Party factions that were disbanded in the wake of a slush funds scandal have been meeting informally since the party’s landslide election victory in February. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/12/japan/politics/ldp-factions-politics-comeback/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #sanaetakaichi #shinzoabe #fumiokishida #taroaso #toshimitsumotegi #toshihironikai
Are disbanded LDP factions staging a comeback?

Former members of the disbanded factions have been meeting informally since the party’s landslide victory in the Feb. 8 Lower House election.

The Japan Times