Japan records best-ever monthly visitor numbers

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The spring cherry blossom season and the Easter break helped boost Japan's visitor numbers.

TOKYO - More than three million foreigners visited Japan in March, a record for a single month, government data showed April 17 in a major boost for its tourism sector.

“This was the highest single month on record and the first time the number of visitors exceeded three million,” the government agency said. But this has not been universally welcomed, including in Kyoto where locals have complained of snap-happy tourists harassing the city’s immaculately dressed geisha.

 

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