The estimated number of foreigners arriving in Japan in February was 99.4% lower than the same month in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 at 16,700 people, government data showed Wednesday.
Compared with a year earlier when Tokyo and some prefectures were under a COVID-19 state of emergency, the figure was up 127.1%.
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