Around 290,000 foreign tourists entered Japan in October, 15 times the figure for September, as the government eased its COVID-related border restrictions, data showed.
Specifically, 288,909 foreigners visited Japan in October for sightseeing purposes, for a daily average of 9,320, according to statistics released by the Immigration Services Agency of Japan on Nov. 15.
In September, the daily average was 634, for a total of about 19,000 foreign…