TOKYO -- A total of 1.08 million visitors from overseas arrived in Japan in February, plunging nearly 60% from the same month last year as arrivals from China dropped almost 90% amid the coronavirus outbreak, figures released by the Japan National Tourism Organization showed Thursday.
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Japan suffers 58% drop in foreign tourist arrivals on coronavirus
Decline in February is nearly as bad as after 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster
People walk through the Narita Airport with masks following an outbreak of the new coronavirus in Japan, March 9. © Reuters
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