Japan lures British visitors with tourism blitz in London

Dancers from Gifu Prefecture perform the central Japanese region's popular "jikabuki" (local kabuki) at a tourism promotion event at the Japanese Embassy in London on Nov. 2, 2015. The number of Britons visiting Japan is expected to reach a record high of over 250,000 people in 2015, about 20 percent more than the previous year, according to the embassy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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