Congressional Trips to Japan

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Destination All Trips Trips Taken by Republicans Trips Taken by Democrats
Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost
Tokyo, Japan Cultural Mecca 105 $909190 56 $491851 48 $411107
Japan (No city specified) 66 $529069 40 $313908 25 $210345
Kyoto, Japan 47 $436246 29 $274337 18 $161909
Nagoya, Japan 11 $72894 7 $43472 4 $29422
Osaka, Japan 7 $63889 2 $14781 5 $49108
Hiroshima, Japan 6 $60469 5 $52369 1 $8100
Aomori, Japan 3 $32618 2 $25882 1 $6736
Rokkasho, Japan 2 $19919 2 $19919 0 $0
Kobe, Japan 1 $10845 0 $0 1 $10845
Tsuraga, Japan 1 $6977 1 $6977 0 $0
Tokai, Japan 1 $6977 1 $6977 0 $0
Nana, Japan 2 $13378 1 $6689 1 $6689
Kuma, Japan 1 $1394 0 $0 1 $1394
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Legend:
Cultural Mecca Cultural Mecca Golfing Golfing Hellhole Hellhole Sin City Sin City Skiing Skiing Tropical Paradise Tropical Paradise

Destination categories are based on the locations traveled to and make no assertions as to the actual activity of the traveler.

History» Flights of Fancy

Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) and his chief of staff accepted more than $47,000 in travel to Asia from a company called Asia Access Corp. The owners were convicted in 2006 for a scheme involving smuggling illegal aliens from Asia. The pair described their trips as “fact-finding” and trade-related.

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