The Japan National Tourism Organization says the government's annual goal of hosting 10 million foreign visitors was achieved last year for the first time.
Its statistics show that 864,600 foreigners visited Japan last month, making a yearly total of 10 million, 363,900.
The yen's decline contributed to the increase in travelers from abroad. The easing of conditions on visa issuance pushed up the number of visitors from Southeast Asia and this helped the overall number to increase.
At a meeting on Friday of the relevant ministers for promoting tourism in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave instructions to work out a new action plan to raise the annual number of foreign visitors to 20 million.
Source: NHK
