{"id":15619,"date":"2025-11-30T11:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T03:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=15619"},"modified":"2025-11-30T11:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T03:32:07","slug":"opinion-why-chinese-are-cancelling-their-trips-to-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=15619","title":{"rendered":"Opinion | Why Chinese are cancelling their trips to Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Recent weeks have seen a sharp decline in Sino-Japanese people-to-people exchanges. All flights on 12 routes from mainland Chinese cities to Japan had been cancelled<\/span> as of November 24, reportedly due to low demand. According to the Civil Aviation Data Analysis System, some 12 per cent of flights<\/span> between China and Japan scheduled between November 24 and January 18 have been cancelled. On some routes, more than half have been cancelled.<\/div>\n

Chinese tourists, Japan\u2019s largest inbound group, had contributed about 590 billion yen (US$3.77 billion) in consumption in the July-September quarter alone this year.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Chinese authorities issued travel advisories<\/span> urging caution after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested Tokyo could intervene militarily on the Taiwan issue.<\/div>\n

The wave of cancellations by Chinese tourists is far more than a mere ripple effect of the diplomatic row \u2013 it is a massive public backlash. \u201cNot decided yet but definitely not Japan this year,\u201d confessed a friend of mine. Every winter for the past few years, she had devoted her annual leave to a retreat at Japan\u2019s hot springs.<\/p>\n

In suggesting a Taiwan crisis could constitute a \u201csurvival-threatening situation\u201d<\/span> for Japan, Takaichi crossed a red line. That imperial Japan\u2019s decades-long colonial rule is estimated to have caused more than 600,000 military and civilian casualties in Taiwan undermines any moral right Tokyo has to comment on Taiwan\u2019s future.<\/div>\n
As Chinese President Xi Jinping made clear in his latest phone call<\/span> with US President Donald Trump, Taiwan\u2019s return is an integral part of the post-war international order. According to a Chinese readout of the call, the US \u201cunderstands how important the Taiwan question is to China\u201d. Soon after, Trump and Takaichi spoke on the phone<\/span> \u2013 although the Japanese leader did not say if her Taiwan comment was discussed.<\/div>\n

I recall my university Japanese teacher explaining Ruth Benedict\u2019s concept from The Chrysanthemum and the Sword<\/em> of \u201cshame culture\u201d,<\/em> where social norms and expectations play a crucial role in regulating Japanese behaviour, in contrast to the Western \u201cguilt culture\u201d where internalised moral codes are more prominent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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