Foreign visitors to Japan in February set monthly record of 3.47 mil.
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreign visitors to Japan in February rose 6.4 percent from a year earlier to 3.47 million, the highest monthly total on record, boosted by travelers from East Asia over the Lunar New Year holidays, government estimates showed Wednesday.
By origin, South Korea topped the list with 1.09 million visitors, up 28.2 percent, followed by Taiwan with 693,600, up 36.7 percent, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.
The number of travelers from 18 countries and regions, including the top two and the United States, set new visitor records for February.
Visitors from China, meanwhile, declined for the third consecutive month, falling 45.2 percent from the previous year to 396,400. Entries of Chinese nationals have plummeted since Beijing urged its citizens not to visit Japan due to diplomatic tensions over Taiwan.
Total foreign visitor numbers to Japan in January dipped for the first time in four years as Chinese visitors plunged 60.7 percent from the previous year.
The tensions stem from remarks made in November by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi about how Japan might respond to an emergency in Taiwan, a self-ruled island China sees as part of its territory.
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