Japan’s tourism minister says a record number of foreigners visited Japan in 2025, topping the 40 million mark for the first time. That is partly due to the weak yen. Kaneko Yasushi told reporters on Tuesday that inbound foreign travelers totaled 42.7 million last year.
Heavy snow is being forecast for wide areas from western to northern Japan from Wednesday to around Sunday.
The yield on Japan’s benchmark government bond shot up in early trading on Tuesday to the highest level in 27 years. Traders placed sell orders on concern that Japan’s fiscal health will worsen. The yield on the 10-year JGB rose to 2.33 percent at one point, the highest since February 1999. When the price of a bond falls, its yield goes up.