Japan foreign arrivals in Nov. up 1.9-fold from Oct. to 934,500

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in November increased 1.9-fold from the previous month to 934,500, government data showed Wednesday, as the country removed almost all COVID-19 entry restrictions in October.The figure was down 61.7 percent from November in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 but surged 45.2-fold from a year earlier, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.The number of foreign tourists in November increased 2.5-fold from the previous month to around 732,000, boosting the overall number of foreign arrivals.The increase came after the government remove…READ FULL ARTICLE