Japan is the second-largest overseas source of visitors to the U.S., after Great Britain, according to the latest data from the National Travel and Tourism Office in the Department of Commerce. Some 76.9 million people visited the United States in 2017, the most recent year reported. Along with the total number of visitors, international spending …
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Throughout the season, Ambassador Hagerty and his family have visited many parts of Japan. So far in 2018, they have visited a tourist favorite, Kanazawa, in Ishikawa Prefecture, the historic Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture, snowy Hokkaido, and Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture. The Hagertys have also visited places close to home, like the Toyo Bunko Museum …
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Visit this page on our ShareAmerica website, to download a full-size Jpeg version of this colorful poster of the United States, with iconic products and landmark features highlighted. A Japanese version of the poster is also available in PDF format via American Center Japan. While the president hosted American manufacturers at the White …
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Washington’s famous cherry trees are in full bloom. This year’s National Cherry Blossom Festival honors the 105th anniversary of Japan’s gift of the flowering trees to the United States. It took coordination and the work of many to ensure the cherry trees’ survival a century ago. A first batch of 2,000 trees arrived diseased in …
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