{
  "id": 844104,
  "title": "Foreign Guest Nights Top Prepandemic Levels in 39 Japan Prefectures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/foreign-guest-nights-top-prepandemic-levels-in-39-japan-prefectures",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T06:26:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026081400102/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 14 (Jiji Press)--Overnight stays by foreign visitors in Japan reached an estimated 179.92 million in 2025, up 55.6 pct from the prepandemic level in 2019, with 39 of the country's 47 prefectures recording levels above those seen before the COVID-19 crisis, a Japan Tourism Agency survey has found. The study covered hotels and \"ryokan\" Japanese-style inns across the country, collec...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}