(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Foreign visitors to Japan totaled a record high 11.25 million in 2013, up 2.08 million from a year earlier and topping the 10 million threshold for the first time, according to preliminary data released by the Justice Ministry's Immigration Bureau of Japan.
Immigration officials said the weak yen, which helped lower traveling costs in Japan, as well as eased visa requirements for Southeast Asians was behind the increase, according to Japan's (Kyodo) News Agency.
The total included those who were staying in Japan for extended periods of time and made re-entries after leaving the country.
Excluding those re-entrants, arrivals came to approximately 9.55 million, also a record high and up about 2 million from 2012
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