Publisher Seeks Celeb Help To Revive Japan Tourism

An interesting article captured my attention on Kyodo News.

In, the article states:

After the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami put on hold publisher Yasuko Suzuki's plan to launch a free English magazine introducing Japanese culture and travel information to foreign visitors, the next idea that occurred to her was to turn to celebrities known to be fans of Japan for help.

With a sharp decline in the number of Japan-bound foreign tourists after the disaster that triggered the Fukushima nuclear crisis, Suzuki and her staff randomly e-mailed more than 300 cultural figures abroad to seek their help in reviving tourism and 41 of them offered to cooperate, listing what they would recommend to travelers to Japan.

According to the article, several celebrities have responded to her request. Japan has a number of its own celebrities known to American movie fans who would be more (in my view) persuasive to potential tourists (Haruo "Godzilla" Nakajima is one).

To read the full article, go here.