Japan National Tourism Organization
- International Tourism Promotion Organization
The Japan National Tourism Organization, formerly known and still officially known in Japanese as the International Tourism Promotion Organization (国際観光振興機構, Kokusai Kankō Shinkō Kikō), JNTO, provides information about Japan to promote travel to and in the country. It was established in 1964 and its headquarters are in Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.[2] The JNTO operates Tourist Information Centers (TICs) as well as a website. It disseminates information about transportation, lodging, food and beverage, and sight-seeing as well as published tourism statistics and market reports. It also provides support for international conventions and incentive events.[3]
Functions
JNTO is an Independent Administrative Institution of the government of Japan. Its publications and website assist in preparing travel itineraries within Japan, providing a wide range of travel information in English and other languages on transportation, accommodations, shopping and events. The materials are updated frequently.
While traveling in Japan, visitors may take advantage of the nationwide "i" Information System, which numbered 113 outlets in 2004. Each "i" center is an information source for the area it represents. The "i" centers are ordinarily located at railway stations or in city centers, and are easily recognized by their logo, a red question mark with the word "information" printed underneath.
JNTO sponsors a Goodwill Guide Program, through which some 47,000 bilingual volunteers assist visitors from abroad. They earn the right to wear the program's identifying badge, a white pigeon superimposed upon a globe. Throughout Japan, there are 77 Systematized Goodwill Guide groups (SGG) consisting mostly of students, housewives and retirees who engage in a variety of activities using their foreign language skills. Some groups offer a free preset walking tour, for which the visitor only needs to go to a pre-established place at a certain date and time, while others are available to meet tourists on request. There is no charge for the service of the Goodwill Guides, as they are volunteers, only their travel expenses and their admissions to tourist facilities, and for shared meals.
Services of professional guides and interpreters may be retained through the Japan Guide Association or the Japan Federation of Licensed Guides. JNTO administers Licensed Guide Interpreter Examination. A total of some 1,550 licensed guide-interpreters are registered with these organizations, each carrying a registration card issued by the governor of the relevant prefecture.[4]
Branches
JNTO maintains 26 offices around the world. Overseas offices provide up-to-date information on travel to and within Japan, place publicity in the media and cooperate with journalists, participate in travel fairs and exhibitions, assist the local travel industry in developing tours, and conduct tourism-related research.[5]
JNTO opened a new office in Stockholm, Sweden on March 4, 2024, due to its agreement on Japanese-Scandinavian corporation. The office in Stockholm reprents also other Scandinavian and Baltic countries.[6][7]
See also
- Japan Tourism Agency
- Tourism in Japan
References
- ^ https://www.jnto.go.jp/jpn/about_us/reports/f_zaimu29.pdf Heisei 29 Fiscal Year Financial Statement International Tourism Promotion Organization
- ^ "JNTO Offices". www.jnto.go.jp. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "About JNTO". www.jnto.go.jp. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Guide Services". www.jnto.go.jp. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "About JNTO". www.jnto.go.jp. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "スウェーデンにストックホルム事務所を開設します!". www.jnto.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
- ^ "ストックホルム事務所". www.jnto.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
External links
- JNTO site in English
- Visit Japan Campaign Yokoso! Japan by JNTO
- Live Japan Campaign site in English
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- There are 102 institutions as of April 1, 2012. Bold institutions employ national public servants.
- National Archives of Japan
- ja:Northern Territories Issue Association
- ja:National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan
Internal Affairs
and
Communications
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- ja:National Statistics Center
- ja:Public Foundation for Peace and Consolation
- ja:Management Organization for Postal Savings and Postal Life Insurance
Foreign Affairs
Finance
- ja:National Research Institute of Brewing
- Japan Mint
- National Printing Bureau
- Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70
Education,
Culture,
Sports,
Science and
Technology
- ja:National Institute of Special Education
- National Center for University Entrance Examinations
- ja:National Institution For Youth Education
- ja:National Women's Education Center
- National Museum of Nature and Science
- National Institute for Materials Science
- ja:National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
- ja:National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
- National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
- ja:National Institute of Radiological Sciences
ja:National Center for Teachers' Development- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- RIKEN
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- ja:National Agency for the Advancement of Sports and Health
- Japan Arts Council
- ja:Japan Student Services Organization
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
- ja:Institute of National Colleges of Technology
- National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Health,
Labour, and
Welfare
- ja:National Institute of Health and Nutrition
- ja:National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
- ja:Organization for Workers Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid
- ja:Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job
Seekers - ja:Welfare And Medical Service Agency
- ja:National Center for Persons with Severe Intellectual Disabilities, Nozominosono
- Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
- ja:Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization
- ja:National Hospital Organization
- ja:Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency
ja:National Institute of Biomedical Innovation- ja:Readjustment of Facilities for Insured Persons and Beneficiaries Organization
- Government Pension Investment Fund
- ja:National Cancer Center
- ja:National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital
- ja:National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
- ja:National Center for Global Health and Medicine
- ja:National Center for Child Health and Development
- ja:National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontrogy
Agriculture,
Forestry and
Fisheries
- ja:Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center
- ja:National Center for Seeds and Seedlings
- ja:National Livestock Breeding Center
- ja:National Fisheries University
- ja:National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
- ja:National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
- ja:National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
- ja:Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
- ja:Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
- ja:Fisheries Research Agency
- ja:Agriculture & Livestock Industries Corporation
- ja:Farmer's Pension Fund
- ja:Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Credit Foundations
Economy,
Trade and
Industry
- ja:Information-Technology Promotion Agency
- ja:Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
- ja:National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training
- Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- National Institute of Technology and Evaluation
- New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
- Japan External Trade Organization
- ja:Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization
- ja:Information-technology Promotion Agency
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation- ja:Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation
Land,
Infrastructure,
Transport
and Tourism
- ja:Public Works Research Institute
- ja:Building Research Institute
- ja:National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory
- ja:National Maritime Research Institute
- ja:Port and Airport Research Institute
- ja:Electronic Navigation Research Institute
- ja:National Institute for Sea Training
- ja:Marine Technical Education Agency
- ja:Civil Aviation College
- ja:National Agency of Vehicle Inspection:
- Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
- Japan National Tourism Organization
- ja:Japan Water Agency
- ja:National Agency for Automotive Safety & Victims' Aid
- ja:Organization for Environment Improvement around International Airports
- ja:Maritime Disaster Prevention Center
- ja:Urban Renaissance Agency
- ja:Fund for the Promotion and Development of the Amami Islands
- ja:Japan Expressway Holding and Debt Repayment Agency
ja:Japan Housing Finance Agency
Environment
- ja:National Institute for Environmental Studies
- ja:Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency
Defense
- ja:Labor Management Organization for USFJ Employees
- ja:Act on General Rules for Independent Administrative Agency
- List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan
- ja:Japanese administrative reforms
- ja:Government Revitalization Unit
- ja:Japanese government program review
- ja:Japanese extra-governmental organizations