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Japan Tourism Sees Busiest October Ever as Municipalities Strategize on Overtourism

As inbound tourists are poised to cross the 40 million mark a year, locations such as Nagano's Kamikōchi wage war against bad manners.

As debate surges around immigration, new data shows some towns in Japan have foreign populations as high as 36%.

Many called the woman a bad mother and even an evil human being. But other overworked Japanese mothers sympathized.

A recent incident involving a tired rapper and a self-checkout stand reveals anxiety around the growing use of the technology.

Tourists aren't the only ones causing ire in Japan: incidents of badly behaved railway photographers are on the rise.

The store says between 2 and 3 groups of tourists cancel every day, leaving a big hole in its bottom line.