Quite the opposite. Japan has never had more tourists than today: https://d3fy651gv2fhd3.cloudfront.net/embed/?s=japantouarr&v=201708191014v&d1=19170101&d2=201

Quite the opposite. Japan has never had more tourists than today: https://d3fy651gv2fhd3.cloudfront.net/embed/?s=japantouarr&v=201708191014v&d1=19170101&d2=20171231&h=300&w=600 https://d3fy651gv2fhd3.cloudfront.net/embed/?s=japantouarr&v... Or more foreign residents: http://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/11639 http://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/11639 The change is particularly visible in the larger cities: for example, it's increasingly rare to find ethnic Japanese behind the counter at a convenience store.