What is depicted in the charts are figures of Japanese citizens who traveled internationally and the proportion of this population who chose Australia as their destination from 1985 to 1990.
Overall, both trends witnessed a significant increase despite some fluctuations. While the number of Japanese tourists who visited Australia peaked a decade before the end of the period, this happened to international travelers in the last decade of the timeline.
The number of Japanese who embarked on an international trip almost doubled from five million in 1985 to around eleven million in 1990. It is illustrated that after a slight drop in 1991 to around 10 million, it continued an upward trend to nearly 12 million and stayed steady for a year before a sharp increase of almost 15 million.
By 1885, the proportion of Japanese travelers to Australia started from 2% to grow rapidly and reached the first peak in 1989 of approximately 5%. Just after that, the trend went down to nearly 4%. However, it returned to its previous trend and hit its second top point in 1994 of slightly over 6%. This trend eventually settled at just 6% in the last year.