For the first six months of 2011 Japan has been visited by 2.833 million tourists, which is by 32.6% less compared with the same period in 2010, the National Organization for the country’s tourism (JNTO).
In March, the decline of number of tourist was 50.3% compared to the first spring month of 2010, in April – 62.5%, in May – 50%.
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Popularity: 31%
Japan expects to switch completely to digital broadcasting until 24 July.
Terrestrial analogue broadcasting will be preserved, except for Iwate prefecture, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were badly hit by the disaster on March 11.
To help the audience, the country’s Ministry of Communications has opened round the clock call-center on Monday.
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Popularity: 16%
In the southern prefecture of Kagoshima and Miyazaki, where a powerful typhoon “Ma-he” has approached, the evacuation of nearby residents has already begun.
According to local authorities, the staffs to help people set up in connection with a new blow of the elements.
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Popularity: 19%
Rest, tourism, joy…Every year most of us dream about, expect, make plans for and at last get vacation. No doubt we are all different consequently we also have a great variety of tastes.
Some cannot imagine a vacation deprived of warm sea shore, sand, beautiful views, hot weather combined with wonderful tan. Other prefer camps and long mountain journeys, that include reaching the mountain tops, fires as well as sleeping under the sky.
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Popularity: 23%
In Kanagawa prefecture in Japan, tea party has been revoked. This is due to the fact that an increased radiation background was detected in tea leaves.
1 kg of tea leaves, which were grown near the town of Minamiasigara, contained 570 Becquerel of cesium while the normal rate is 500 Becquerel, the agency France-Presse reported.
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Popularity: 56%
