Foreign Visitors To Japan 3.8% Higher In February Than A Year Earlier

Above, visitors at Kiyomizu-dera. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Foreign tourism to Japan is still climbing as February's figures show a higher rate than at the same time last year.

The Mainichi reported:

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in February rose 3.8 percent from a year earlier to a record 2,604,300, but the growth in Chinese tourists slowed significantly compared with the previous month, the government said Tuesday.

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