Number of foreign visitors to Japan in January-April tops 10 million

The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan from January to April topped 10 million, reaching that level at the fastest pace on record, the Japan Tourism Agency said Thursday.With the latest data, the annual number of overseas visitors to the country has now reached 10,519,300, up 15.4 percent from a year earlier and exceeding 10 million for the sixth straight year, the agency said. The previous record pace was set from January to May last year.The agency attributed the trend to a rise in the number of tourists visiting Japan to see cherry blossoms, while many travelers took vacations…READ FULL ARTICLE