The number of foreign visitors to Japan soared 69.5 percent from a year earlier to over 3.08 million in March, the first time the tally exceeded the 3 million mark in a single month, boosted by tourists drawn to cherry blossoms and by Easter holidaymakers, government data showed Wednesday.The amount of money spent by overseas travelers in the country also grew to a record 1.75 trillion yen ($11.3 billion) for the January-March quarter, the highest ever for a three-month period, on the back of a weak yen, according to the Japan Tourism Agency.The report came as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida p…READ FULL ARTICLE
