JAL and ANA fly high on record inbound tourism

Japan's railways announce bumper profits as foreign visitors pile into 'shinkansen'

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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)

NANCY ZHENG and YUICHI SHIGA

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.

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