In Japan the Ministry of Tourism launched a "Ten Million Programme" to double outbound tourist departures from 5m to 10m between 1986 and 1991.

日本国家旅游局推出的“千万人计划”将出国游人数从1986到1991年间的500到1千万人翻番。

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"Norway and Japan are hurting tourism, a potential growth industry in both countries in order to spend millions of dollars obtaining whale meat, the sale of which makes no profit," Fisher said.

“为了花掉数以百万用来获得鲸鱼肉的钱——而那却没有任何利润而言，挪威和日本正在损害旅游业，一种对于两国而很据增长潜力的产业。”Fisher说。

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Japan is experiencing its own boom in Chinese tourism, and it sees casinos as an added way to cash in.

日本正从中国旅游业中实现自己的繁荣，它把赌场视为增加收入的新方法。

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The flu outbreak is starting to affect the tourism industry, with one major airline announcing plans to scale back services between Australia and Japan by one-third because of a slump in demand from Japanese passengers.

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The Japan Tourism Agency aims to increase the number of Chinese tourists to 3.9 million in 2013.

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Japan is considering legalizing casinos to boost tourism after the earthquake last year.

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So we invited media and tourism experts for trips to Japan in June and July so they could make their own impression.

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