Japan: number of international conferences 2022

In 2022, the number of international conferences hosted in Japan amounted to 553. It was still a fraction compared to Japan's peak result in 2019, which saw more than 3.6 thousand such events, but a noticeable increase compared to the preceding year. The Japan National Tourism Organization and other responsible organizations work on improving Japan's ability and potential to host international conferences. The aim is to become Asia's number one destination for conventions by 2030. Governmental organizations such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Japan (MLIT) and the Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) actively seek to attract more visitors to Japan through business conferences, conventions, and exhibitions since the beginning of the past decade.  

Conference topics

Conference topics are broad, from science and technology to medicine, politics, economy, religion, and the arts. The most common themes of international conferences are, under normal circumstances, science and technology-related events, followed by conventions covering medicine.    

Foreign participation

The Japanese government, local authorities, and organizers attracted an increasingly high number of foreign participants to international conventions in the decade leading up to COVID-19. The pandemic put an end to inbound travel and, thus, to foreign participation at international conferences.  

Number of international conferences held in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of international conferences in thousands
2022	0.55
2021	0.03
2020	0.22
2019	3.62
2018	3.43
2017	3.31
2016	3.11
2015	2.85
2014	2.59
2013	2.43

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2013 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Criteria issued by the source, that had to be met for events to be included into this statistic:
1) The organizer had to be an international organization or group, respectively a national organization or group.
2) Attendance by more than 50 persons.
3) More than three countries attending, including Japan.
4) Duration of the conference had to be longer than one day.

Values have been rounded.

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