Foreign visitor spending in Japan through Sept. surpasses 2023 total

Spending by foreign visitors to Japan reached 5.8 trillion yen ($39 billion) in the first nine months of 2024, surpassing the full-year record of 5.3 trillion yen set in 2023, the Japan Tourism Agency said Wednesday.The outcome reflects a 54.7 percent jump in the number of foreign tourists to Japan, reaching 26.9 million during the same period, according to separate data from the Japan National Tourism Organization, an affiliate of the agency.Japan has seen a tourism boom, driven by the yen's depreciation, which boosts the purchasing power of visitors from abroad, while the country's anime,…READ FULL ARTICLE