Foreign visitors to Japan hit record for March of 3.5 mil.

The number of foreign visitors to Japan in March rose 13.5 percent from a year earlier to a record 3.5 million for the month, official data showed Wednesday, underscoring the continued strength of the country's tourism boom.Foreign traveler spending totaled 2.3 trillion yen ($16.0 billion) in the three months from January, up 28.4 percent from the same period last year, driven by higher expenditures on food and accommodation, preliminary figures from the Japan Tourism Agency showed.Cumulative visitor numbers for 2025 reached 10.5 million in the quarter through March, up 23.1 percent, markin…READ FULL ARTICLE