Foreign Visitors To Japan Hits 1.11 Million In August

Above, Nakamise Street in Asakusa. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

From the looks of things, it appears that Japan is on track to surpass their 2013 10 million record number of foreign visitors.

According to Kyodo News:

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in August soared 22.4 percent from a year before to about 1.11 million, a record figure for the month, government data showed Wednesday. 

The growth was attributable to expanded international flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport and increased charter flights from Asian countries to regional airports in Japan, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. 

The estimated number of foreign passenger arrivals in Japan between January and August stood at 8,637,800, up 25.8 percent from a year earlier, the government body said.

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Note: The headline was in error. As I was being rushed, the number read 11.1 instead of 1.11. But it's fixed. Whew!