Foreign tourists provide economic boost to Japan, including regions

Foreign tourists provide economic boost to Japan, including regions

Photo taken Jan. 9, 2016 shows tourists from Taiwan welcomed by officials of a pleasure boat operator in Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, on Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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