"International Tourism Passenger Tax" is a fee of 1,000 yen per person from over 2 years old, regardless of foreigner or Japanese, when leaving Japan to secure financial resources for policy in the tourism field It is a new tax to collect.

New taxes are introduced since "land tax" in 1992. From January 7 next year, collection will start in the form of adding to the ticket fee etc. The tax revenue is expected to be 6 billion yen for this fiscal year until March next year, and around 40 billion yen for the next fiscal year and beyond.

The government is considering introducing a face recognition system that speeds up immigration examination at the airport as a way of using tax revenue, and devoting it to preparing tourism resources such as cultural properties and national parks .

The government plans to increase the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan to 40 million by 2020, but how to connect the new tax to inviting foreign travelers becomes a challenge .