TOKYO -- Japan is expected to attract more than 31 million foreign visitors this year, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Sunday, touting a tourism figure that easily tops the record 28.69 million arrivals in 2017.
"The target of welcoming 40 million visitors in 2020 is fully within reach," Suga said during a speech in the southern city of Fukuoka, touching on the government's goal for the year that Tokyo will host the Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
