U.S.-Japan Tourism Year 2024
Last Update : 2024/6/3
The U.S. and Japan have designated the period from January 2024 to March 2025 as the "U.S.-Japan Tourism Year” with the aim of recovering and expanding mutual tourism exchanges that have declined due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will work together with the public and private tourism sectors to promote travel, tourism, and cultural exchanges between the United States and Japan throughout the Tourism Year.
A signing ceremony
On November 29, 2023, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism Tetsuo Saito signed a Memorandum of Cooperation officially declaring 2024 as the Tourism Year between the two countries at the residence of U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
During “U.S.-Japan Tourism Year”, the two sides will promote tourism exchanges including sister exchanges and events with baseball as a content by the public and private sectors.
During “U.S.-Japan Tourism Year”, the two sides will promote tourism exchanges including sister exchanges and events with baseball as a content by the public and private sectors.
Video Message from Masataka Yoshida, MLB player
We released a video message from Masanao Yoshida, a native of Fukui Prefecture and MLB player for the Boston Red Sox, calling for more Japanese to visit the U.S. during the “U.S.-Japan Tourism Year," for Americans to visit the Hokuriku region, which is recovering from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.
U.S.-Japan tourism symposium & Hokuriku tourism promotion event
On May 5, 2024, U.S.-Japan Tourism Symposium in Los Angeles was held by government officials, tourism-related organizations, and businesses from the U.S.and Japan to discuss the expansion of mutual tourism traffic between the U.S. and Japan. After the symposium, a Hokuriku Tourism Promotion Event was held at Japan House Los Angeles. At this event food and sake from the Hokuriku region were featured, and we promoted tourism in and around the Hokuriku region.