FEATURE: Japan trying to entice Chinese tourists
February 24, 2006With Japan's population starting to dwindle, the nation's tourism industry as well as the central and local governments are turning their eyes to the world's most populous country -- China -- hoping that a large number of travelers from the market with 1.3 billion people will rejuvenate Japanese regional economies. The government of Shizuoka prefecture, the home of Mt. Fuji, is no exception. As part of a state-funded project to invite foreign travel agencies to Japan, the prefecture recently had five Chinese officials tour the area.