Number of foreign visitors to Japan up 19% in Jan.-Nov.

Number of foreign visitors to Japan up 19% in Jan.-Nov.

Akihiko Tamura, commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2017. The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2017 totaled 26,169,400 by the end of November, up 19.0 percent from a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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