Number of Foreign Visitors to Japan Surpasses 12 Million
Undervalued yen contributed
December 18, 2014, Tokyo, Japan - Foreign tourists visit Asakusa, the best-known tourist's spot in Tokyo on Thursday, December 18, 2014. The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in the January-November period has exceeded 12 million, government data showed Wednesday as a weaker yen encouraged tourism in Japan. In November alone, the figure rose 39.1 percent from a year before to 1.17 million, eclipsing the 1 million mark for the ninth consecutive month. (Photo by Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/AFLO) VTY -mis-