Foreign tourists to Japan reach 20 million in Jan.-Oct.

Foreign tourists to Japan reach 20 million in Jan.-Oct.

An Eizan Electric Railway train runs through lit-up fall foliage in Kyoto on Nov. 16, 2016. The Japan Tourism Agency said the same day that the estimated total number of foreign visitors to the country reached 20.11 million at the end of October, up 23.3 percent from a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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