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After a flawless 2023 and 2024, a stretch where he won all three of his matches, Lito Adiwang's momentum and win streak were halted by Keito Yamakita in his first bout this year.

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Visits from Japan ... s main tourism source market, have been very slow to rebound after falling basically to zero during the COVID-19 pandemic. Korean visitors have now taken the top spot ...

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According to statistics from the Japan National Tourism Organization, the number of foreign visitors plummeted between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but rebounded sharply in 2023.

But Cook said the recovery plan, which was drawn up with major input from a tourism industry group, will focus on resurrecting the Japan and Korea ... of sightseeing spots and removal of junk ...

SAPPORO--Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) will roll out its new Red Star and Blue Star luxury sightseeing trains in spring 2026 as part of efforts to increase ridership on eight money-losing ...