TOKYO -- Japan will soon publish guidelines for ports aimed at accepting more cruise ships nationwide, with the government looking to boost the postpandemic recovery in calls and attract overseas ...

Foreign cruise ships will be allowed to resume making port calls to Japan next spring following a relaxation of border controls imposed since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, the transport ...

The number of international visitors entering Japan by cruise ship also grew, quadrupling to 1,438,000, or 57% of the 2017 record of 2,529,000. Of the total port calls, 1,923 were by foreign-based ...

Hankyu Travel International is chartering a Ponant ship for three cruises around Japan in the spring of 2027. According to a ...

The newest and most modern Japanese cruise ship has left Northern Europe, where it was built, and is currently traveling ...

Ships are sailing either Japan-intensive cruises or cruises that link other Asian ports. Expedition lines such as Ponant and Scenic also visit; some of their itineraries link Japan with Taiwan or ...

Japan had closed its ports to tourist vessels since February 2020, when a cluster infection broke out on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama Port. Thirteen people died and ...