Foreign tourism spurs room rates higher in Japan: luxury hotel group CEO

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South Korea, Southeast Asia help offset China downturn, says Royal Hotel’s Ueda

CEO Fumikazu Ueda of Royal Hotel, operator of Rihga Royal Hotels, recently spoke with Nikkei. (Photo by Nikkei)

TOKYO — Even with China discouraging travel to Japan and the war in the Middle East affecting reservations, hotel rates in Japan look set to keep climbing as the influx of foreign visitors continues, CEO Fumikazu Ueda of Osaka-based Royal Hotel tells Nikkei.