Record Number of Foreign Visitors to Japan
19.74 million, up 47% from the previous year
Asian tourists take a selfie at the entrance of Sensoji temple in Asakusa district on January 22, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. Approximately 19.73 million people visited Japan from abroad, up 47.3 percent. According to the report there were more Chinese visitors than from any other nation with 4.99 million coming in 2015. The number of visitors is the highest in 45 years and already close to Japan. The number of visitors is the highest in 45 years and already close to Japan窶冱 goal of attracting 20 million foreign visitors in a year by 2020.