Japan receives mere 2,900 foreign travelers in April

Japan received an estimated 2,900 foreign travelers in April, down 99.9 percent from a year earlier, amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Wednesday.It is the first time that the monthly figure has slipped below 10,000 since 1964, when the government began compiling such statistics. The percentage of decline was also the largest ever, according to the Japan Tourism Agency.The previous low for monthly foreign visitors was 17,543 recorded in February 1964.The figure fell in April for the seventh consecutive month since October, when a significant drop in visitors from South Ko…READ FULL ARTICLE