Japan's Foreign Tourist Spending Tops ¥2 Trillion For First Time Ever

Above, Nakamise Street, a popular shopping area for foreign tourists. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Foreign tourism to Japan brought smiles to the country's retailers and tourism-related businesses in 2014.

According to Japan Today:

TOKYO —The Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) says the amount of money spent by foreign tourists in 2014 surpassed the preceding year by 43.1%, totaling 2.0278 trillion yen and exceeded two trillion yen for the first time ever.

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