TOKYO, Nov 16 (Reuters) – The number of foreign visitors
to Japan rose to nearly 500,000 in October, the first month it
fully reopened to overseas visitors after more than two years of
COVID restrictions, more than doubling the volume from
September.
Japan on Oct. 11 ended some of the world’s strictest border
controls, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is counting on
tourism to recharge the economy – especially with the yen
hovering near a 32-year low against the dollar.
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