Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has announced that the number of inbound cruise passengers to Japan in 2025 was 1.767 million.
The number of port calls was 3,117, about 1.3 times that of the previous year, of which 2,352 were foreign cruise ships. The ports with the highest number of calls were Hakata Port and Yokohama Port, each with 209 calls, followed by Naha Port with 205 calls.
The number of ports in Japan that received foreign cruise ships was 93, a 4% decrease year on year. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the calls were by casual-class cruise ships, but after the pandemic there has been an increase in smaller, higher-priced cruise ships, along with more calls at regional ports.
The number of passengers has recovered to about 70% of the 2017 peak before COVID-19. In addition, about 181,000 foreign visitors arrived in Japan by air and then joined Japan-departure cruises, which is double the peak level before the pandemic.
Japan’s “Tourism Nation Promotion Basic Plan” had set targets for 2025 of 2.5 million inbound cruise passengers, more than 2,000 port calls by foreign cruise ships, and 100 Japanese ports receiving calls from foreign cruise ships.
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