Real Gaijin | Read My Lips Podcast #10

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• Title: Japan Struggles to Implement Dual-Pricing for Foreign Visitors

• Sub-Title: To offset the costs of perceived over-tourism, city governments and local merchants are experimenting with various upfront pricing models that raise suspicions of discrimination against foreigners.

As foreign tourists continue to pour into the country, the capacity to accommodate previously unprecedented numbers of non-Japanese visitors is being stretched to the limit in certain particularly popular hot spots. The phenomenon is called "over-tourism," and several dual-price experiments are currently underway across the country. In the background is the question of who should pay for perceived over-tourism, walking a fine line between impressions of persistent xenophobia and the desire to welcome foreign tourists. Listen to and/or watch the podcast for more details.

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