South Korean visitors to Japan down by half in Aug.: gov't data

The number of South Korean visitors to Japan tumbled 48.0 percent in August from a year earlier to 308,700 amid escalating tensions between the two neighbors over wartime history and trade policy, government data showed Wednesday.The estimated number of foreign visitors fell 2.2 percent to 2,520,100 in the reporting month, down for the first time since September last year when a powerful typhoon hit western Japan and a major earthquake rocked Hokkaido, the Japan Tourism Agency said.While the Japanese government aims to attract 40 million foreign visitors by next year, when the country hosts…READ FULL ARTICLE