TOKYO (Reuters) – Visitors to Japan exceeded 2 million in June for the first time in more than three years, official data showed on Wednesday, drawn in by the weak yen and helping foster a recovery in the pandemic-stricken retail sector.
The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure rose to 2.07 million last month, clearing the 2 million mark for the first time since February 2020, the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) said.
That was up from 1.9 million arrivals in May, but still down 28% from the level in June 2019 before the coronavirus outbreak.
(Reporting by Rocky Swift and Tetsuji Kajimoto; Editing by Kim Coghill)
