The Ministry of Justice(where managing immigration and passport control) had ceased survey by category(tourists, business purpose or the others). Now only available the number of arrival or departure from/in Japan.
The statistics from Japan National Tourism Organization(JNTO) shows the Japanese travelers by destination in 2012; 1-Republic of Korea(3,518,792) 2-Republic of China(3,518,200) 3-Continental United States(3,249,569)(2011) 4-State of Hawai(1,452,563) 5-Taiwan(1,432,315) 6-Thailand(1,371,253) 7-Hong Kong(1,254,602) 8-Guam(928,991) 9-The Federal Republic of Germany(642,542)(2011) 10-The French Republic(621,541)
In 2013; 1-Continental United States(3,698,073)(2012) 2-Republic of China(2,877,500) 3-Republic of Korea(2,747,750) 4-Thailand(1,537,979) 5-States of Hawai(1,523,302) 6-Taiwan(1,421,550) 7-Hong Kong(1,057,033) 8-Guam(893,118) 9-The Republic of Singapore(757,116)(2012) 10-The Federal Republic of Germany(734,475)(2012)
The Top three countries are almost always China, Korea or Continental United States last 10-20 years.
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