Foreign visitors' spending in Japan hits record 7 tril. yen in Jan.-Sept.

Spending by foreign visitors to Japan hit a record 7.06 trillion yen ($45 billion) in the nine months through September, the Japan Tourism Agency said Wednesday.The spending, which includes shopping and accommodation costs, rose 1.9 percent from the same period a year earlier.Spending from July through September increased 3.2 percent from a year earlier to 2.2 trillion yen. By country and region, Taiwan topped the list with 382 billion yen, followed by China with 358 billion yen.For the three months through September, average spending per visitor was 233,677 yen, up 6.1 percent.The number o…READ FULL ARTICLE