Taiwanese people account for the largest number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2014. That’s the word from Japan’s Ministry of Justice on Tuesday.
Taiwanese made 2.78 million visits to Japan last year. That was followed by arrivals from South Korea totaling 2.6 million and from China at 1.89 million. The numbers of visits from the three countries were all new highs, especially from China which soared 92 percent from the previous year.
Foreign arrivals to Japan increased by an annual 26 percent in 2014 to a record 14.15 million. The figure included arrivals by foreign nationals residing in Japan.
Japan’s justice ministry attributed the record number to a weaker Japanese yen and to the government’s efforts to boost tourism.