11/09, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

Japan aims to have inbound tourism recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2025, bolstered by upcoming events such as the Expo 2025 in Osaka and the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo that same year. The weak yen is also helping the economy, while the US midterm elections will point at how Japan's currency will fare over the next few months as investors buying the dollar are now frantically buying back the yen. And with yesterday's rare lunar eclipse, the winter dish of crab is back on the menu. Fishing bans have been lifted in the waters surrounding Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures and the Snow Crab is now returning to tables across the country as winter draws in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices