JNTO launches new Insider Guide to Japan Today 06:30 am JST Today | 06:54 am JST TOKYO
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has launched a new Insider Guide to Japan, celebrating the country’s many traditions, innovations, natural wonders, and adventures.
2021 is a landmark year for Japan, as Tokyo gears-up to host the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the country is set to be one of the top travel destinations.
The Japanese word for clean also means beautiful: a notion deeply ingrained in the national psyche that permeates every aspect of everyday life. Japan is a land of temples and shrines, inspiring landscapes, healthy food and the time-honored tradition of onsen. For those desperate to travel, Japan offers the perfect balance of adventure, freedom, solitude, and intrigue: an opportunity to finally tick off that bucket-list destination, comfortable in the knowledge that Japan has gone above and beyond in terms of due diligenc
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrived at the White House for a summit meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on the afternoon of April 16 (Washington time), clad in a blue suit like that of the President, along with an azure-blue tie and “blue ribbon” badge. It is the same attire Mr. Suga wore on April 1, 2019 when as Chief Cabinet Secretary he announced the name of the new Japanese era, Reiwa.
Blue is the symbolic color of the movement to rescue the Japanese victims abducted by North Korea. The Prime Minister later poured out his feelings, saying that he wanted his attire to “express my sincere desire for bringing home the abductees.”
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By Global Times Published: Apr 15, 2021 11:08 AM
Demonstrators hold slogans during a protest against the Japanese government s plan to release more than a million tonnes of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, outside the prime minister s office in Tokyo on April 13, 2021. Photo: AFP
The Japanese government on Wednesday removed tritium mascot-related images and videos from the website only one day after its release due to the different voices over this issue spread widely around the world. Japan said it would adjust related design of this mascot.
The topic also triggered wide discussion among Chinese netizens, with over 140 million reads on Sina Weibo, Chinese twitter like social media. Many netizens expressed their disagreement over Japanese government s act.
The Japan National Tourism Organization Launches New Insider Guide to Japan
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2021 is a landmark year for Japan, as Tokyo gears-up to host the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the country is set to be one of the top travel destinations.
The Japanese word for clean also means beautiful: a notion deeply ingrained in the national psyche that permeates every aspect of everyday life. Japan is a land of temples and shrines, inspiring landscapes, healthy food and the time-honored tradition of