South Korean visitors to Japan at lowest level since last Sept.

The number of South Korean visitors to Japan dropped to its lowest level in almost a year in July, despite overall growth in foreign tourists, amid escalating bilateral tensions over wartime history and trade policy, government data showed Wednesday.While the estimated number of foreign visitors in July rose 5.6 percent from a year earlier to 2,991,200, an all-time high for any month, the figure of South Korean tourists fell 7.6 percent to 561,700, ranking second after China at 1,050,500, up 19.5 percent, the Japan Tourism Agency said.The number for South Korean visitors is the lowest since…READ FULL ARTICLE