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| Above, the Godzilla statue in Hibiya, a must-see for international fans. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The growth in the number of foreign visitors to Japan continues as preliminary estimates for January-October indicates.
The Japan Times reported:
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan this year totaled 23.79 million as of the end of October, up 18.3 percent from a year earlier, the Japan Tourism Agency said Wednesday.
The agency attributed the rise to the increased number of low-cost flights, mainly from South Korea and Taiwan, as well as visa relaxations for Chinese and Russian nationals.
The tourism minister said last week that as of Nov. 4, the figure had surpassed the previous record of 24,039,700 logged last year.
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