US EditionChina Warns Citizens Against Japan Travel During Lunar New Year
China’s travel warning follows a 45% drop in Chinese tourists to Japan amid heightened security concerns and a diplomatic dispute over Taiwan.
- On Jan 26, China's foreign ministry reiterated a travel warning urging citizens to avoid visiting Japan during the Lunar New Year holiday, following a diplomatic spat after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's November remark.
- The advisory traces back to a November diplomatic incident when the Chinese foreign ministry cited deteriorating public security, a surge in crimes targeting Chinese nationals, and repeated earthquakes in Japan.
- Flight data showed all scheduled flights on 49 China–Japan air routes were cancelled for February, with the Beijing Daxing–Kansai route losing 113 trips, while major carriers extended fee-free refunds and changes for tickets before midday on Jan 26.
- Tourism figures show Chinese visitors to Japan plunged 45% last month to around 330,000, after almost 7.5 million traveled in the first nine months of 2025, spending $3.7 billion in Q3.
- With a nine-day 2026 Spring Festival, platform data show Thailand has overtaken Japan as the top destination, and the Global Times noted `This two-way tourism boom is a microcosm of the growing economic exchanges and cooperation between China and South Korea`.
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China on Monday warned its citizens not to travel to Japan during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, citing the deteriorating public security situation as Tokyo and Beijing are locked in a diplomatic dispute.
China warns citizens against Japan visits during Lunar New Year
China on Monday warned its citizens against traveling to Japan during the Lunar New Year, its longest public holiday, as Beijing's anger over a comment Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made in early November about democratically governed Taiwan showed no signs of abating. Citing "a surge in crimes targeting Chinese…
China's FM, embassy and consulates in Japan remind Chinese nationals to refrain from traveling to Japan during Spring Festival
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China has issued a travel warning for Japan following controversial Taiwan cancellations by the Japanese Prime Minister – there are noticeable consequences for tourism.
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