Though the two do not have formal diplomatic relations, more than 1.2 million Taiwanese visit Japan each year, and last year was the first time the number of Japanese tourists to Taiwan exceeded 1 million, reaching 1,150,000.
雖然雙方沒有正式邦交，但每年台灣約有超過 120 萬人次前往日本觀光，去年日本來台旅客亦首度突破一百萬人次，達到 115 萬人。