Visitor Numbers To Japan Up 15.6% In 1st Half of 2018

Above, the Godzilla mural at Toho Studios. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The numbers of foreign visitors to Japan are increasing year-by-year. 2018 is continuing with that trend.

The Mainichi reported:

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in January to June rose 15.6 percent from a year earlier to 15.89 million, a record for the six-month period, the Japan Tourism Agency said Wednesday. 

If the pace of increase is maintained, the annual figure will top 30 million for the first time. The government aims to attract 40 million foreign visitors in 2020 when Tokyo hosts the Olympics and Paralympics.

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