Japan logs largest drop in foreign visitors in over 7 years in Oct. english.kyodonews.net

The number of overseas visitors came to 2,496,600 in the month, down from 2,640,610 in October last year, the Japan Tourism Agency said.
Overseas visitors totaled 26,914,400 in the first 10 months of the year, up 3.1 percent from the same period a year earlier.
In October, the number of South Korean visitors plunged 65.5 percent to 197,300 following a 58.1 percent drop in September and 48.0 percent tumble in August amid frayed ties between Tokyo and Seoul.
Bilateral relations have soured since South Korean court rulings last year ordered Japanese firms to compensate for wartime labor during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945.
By country and region, China led with 730,600 visitors in October, up 2.1 percent, followed by Taiwan at 413,700, up 9.0 percent.