Number of Foreign Visitors In Japan Tops 1.5 Million For First Time In March

Above, a view of offshore islands from Fukuoka Tower. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The number of foreign visitors to Japan jumped 43.3% in March from a year earlier, according to an article in Todayonline.com.

They wrote:

TOKYO — The estimated number of foreign passenger arrivals in Japan topped 1.5 million for the first time ever on a monthly basis in March, amid a surge in Chinese who came to view cherry blossoms, the government said today (April 22).

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