From Thailand to Japan

Thai visitor to Japan
                                                                 
2012      260,460   Visa Required
2013      453,642   No more Visa
2014      657,570   No more Visa
2015      796,731   No more Visa
2016      +1,000,000 (expected)

Thai Visitor to Europe

2014   219,000 Visa required
2015   246,025 Visa required
2016   ???          Visa required

Japan is reaping the benefit of the obsolete Visa Policy of Europe