> OKYO — The Japanese government plans to raise visa application fees to a level comparable to the U.S. and European nations, Nikkei has learned, as the country looks to offset rising administrative costs amid record numbers of visitors.
Is this the whole news? What kind of news is this??
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Funny, I just started seeing travel ads for Fukushima the last few weeks on Youtube in the US.
Just hike it up 5x for China and everyone else, locals and tourists alike, will have a much better time
What do Visas have to do with tourists outside of tourist visas?
I think it’s a good ideal to raise the price of admission to lower demand but keep the same income. It just makes sense.
This is discussed in a little bit more detail [here](https://rato-kiji.com/japan-visa-fee-2026/), but essentially the price stayed the same since 1978 at 3000 yen for tourist visas and the Japanese government is contemplating to raise it to levels similar to the US and Europe. Given that there are 74 visa-exemption countries the impact may be limited though.
Title talks about raising tourism. Article is about raising fees for non-tourists. Great headline.
This type of thing, if it’s truly to target “tourists,” is always unfair to people who are not visiting Japan for vacation. People who have family in Japan, etc.
This is more of a political move. Most countries have visa free deals with Japan. Those who don’t are having the pressure turned up to give Japanese travelers and businesses better treatment if they want to gain a visa free deal too.
aren’t the Countries with the most visitors get visa exemption?
Damn it! I wanted to move to Japan after grad, this might put it out of my ability to go so.
Won’t this affect mostly the foreign residents currently living in Japan the most? The fee to enter the country are usually small, and for many exempt, so I don’t see how this affects tourism at all. The main cause for that I feel is the cheap yen, this will mostly barely affect tourist besides seeing a small bump in their overall price to enter the country. So in a way, its like a 10% increase on their flight cost, but for foreign residents living in Japan, this could be a substantial hit for them? Or does this not apply to them at all? I have my doubts this only affects tourist because everytime I hear visa fee increase, they usually mean residence cards application fees, and PR increase fees. Does anyone know?
I researched this some more and I believe this mostly affects the one time visa entry for tourist, but I am not fully sure. I still don’t think this will have any affect on tourism though, as I think that has a lot more to do with the overall price of the trip.
If I have to pay $200 each I probably wouldn’t go to Japan anytime soon. For a family of 4, that is extra 800.
i thought you did not need to apply for a visa to visit some countries like japan (i am in canada but i know usa is like this to i had a american friends visit japan and they did not mention needing a visa?) i thought a visa was for work or long time stays
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> OKYO — The Japanese government plans to raise visa application fees to a level comparable to the U.S. and European nations, Nikkei has learned, as the country looks to offset rising administrative costs amid record numbers of visitors.
Is this the whole news? What kind of news is this??
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Funny, I just started seeing travel ads for Fukushima the last few weeks on Youtube in the US.
Just hike it up 5x for China and everyone else, locals and tourists alike, will have a much better time
What do Visas have to do with tourists outside of tourist visas?
I think it’s a good ideal to raise the price of admission to lower demand but keep the same income. It just makes sense.
This is discussed in a little bit more detail [here](https://rato-kiji.com/japan-visa-fee-2026/), but essentially the price stayed the same since 1978 at 3000 yen for tourist visas and the Japanese government is contemplating to raise it to levels similar to the US and Europe. Given that there are 74 visa-exemption countries the impact may be limited though.
Title talks about raising tourism. Article is about raising fees for non-tourists. Great headline.
This type of thing, if it’s truly to target “tourists,” is always unfair to people who are not visiting Japan for vacation. People who have family in Japan, etc.
This is more of a political move. Most countries have visa free deals with Japan. Those who don’t are having the pressure turned up to give Japanese travelers and businesses better treatment if they want to gain a visa free deal too.
aren’t the Countries with the most visitors get visa exemption?
Damn it! I wanted to move to Japan after grad, this might put it out of my ability to go so.
Won’t this affect mostly the foreign residents currently living in Japan the most? The fee to enter the country are usually small, and for many exempt, so I don’t see how this affects tourism at all. The main cause for that I feel is the cheap yen, this will mostly barely affect tourist besides seeing a small bump in their overall price to enter the country. So in a way, its like a 10% increase on their flight cost, but for foreign residents living in Japan, this could be a substantial hit for them? Or does this not apply to them at all? I have my doubts this only affects tourist because everytime I hear visa fee increase, they usually mean residence cards application fees, and PR increase fees. Does anyone know?
I researched this some more and I believe this mostly affects the one time visa entry for tourist, but I am not fully sure. I still don’t think this will have any affect on tourism though, as I think that has a lot more to do with the overall price of the trip.
If I have to pay $200 each I probably wouldn’t go to Japan anytime soon. For a family of 4, that is extra 800.
i thought you did not need to apply for a visa to visit some countries like japan (i am in canada but i know usa is like this to i had a american friends visit japan and they did not mention needing a visa?) i thought a visa was for work or long time stays
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