Japan sees record foreign visitors, tourist spending in 2016

Japan sees record foreign visitors, tourist spending in 2016

An American man (L) explains how to taste sake to visitors at a brewery in Niigata, Japan, on Jan. 17, 2017. Spending by foreign visitors to Japan in 2016 grew 7.8 percent to 3.75 trillion yen ($33.2 billion) and the number of foreign visitors rose 21.8 percent to 24.04 million, both all-time highs, the government said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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