TOKYO -- Earnings at Japan's big airline and railway companies swelled in the nine months to December thanks to the record numbers of foreign tourists who are traveling to the country.
Japan's railways announce bumper profits as foreign visitors pile into 'shinkansen'

Tourists flocking to Japan in record numbers from North America, Europe and the rest of Asia are boosting the bottom lines of the country's airlines and railways. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Konosuke Urata and Makoto Okada)
TOKYO -- Earnings at Japan's big airline and railway companies swelled in the nine months to December thanks to the record numbers of foreign tourists who are traveling to the country.