Source: Japan National Tourism Organization

Foreign Visitors Japanese Departures

2015 Chg. % 2015 Chg. %

Jan. 1,218,393 29.1 1,235,612 -1.4

(978,476) (33.9)

Feb. 1,386,982 57.6 1,257,154 -10.5

(1,207,242) (75.2)

Mar. 1,525,879 45.3 1,534,026 -3.9

(1,236,489) (54.1)

Apr. 1,764,691 43.3 1,144,833 -3.7

(1,528,848) (49.8)

May 1,641,734 49.6 1,262,103 -1.5(1,411,626) (58.2)

Jun. 1,602,198 51.8 1,190,806 -7.6(1,398,845) (61.4)

Jul. 1,918,356 51.0 1,309,957 -7.4(1,712,803) (58.5)

Aug. 1,817,023 63.8 1,653,622 -7.3(1,584,484) (75.3)

Sep. 1,612,208 46.7 1,525,777 0.3(1,346,488) (59.1)

Oct. 1,829,265 43.8 1,412,466 -0.4(1,564,772) (51.9)

Nov. 1,647,550 41.0 1,339,246 -1.2(1,399,516) (48.3)

Dec. 1,773,130 43.4 1,348,161 -3.5(1,599,537) (48.9)

Jan.-Dec. 19,737,409 47.1 16,213,763 -4.1

(16,969,126) (56.0)

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2015 Foreign Visitors & Japanese Departures

Foreign Visitors to Japan by Nationality and Month for 2015 - Total

Source: Japan National Tourism Organization

Jan. Chg(%) Feb. Chg(%) Mar. Chg(%) Apr. Chg(%) May Chg(%) Jun. Chg(%) Jul. Chg(%) Aug. Chg(%) Sep. Chg(%) Oct. Chg(%) Nov. Chg(%) Dec. Chg(%) Total Chg(%)

Grand Total 1,218,393 29.1 1,386,982 57.6 1,525,879 45.2 1,764,691 43.3 1,641,734 49.6 1,602,198 51.8 1,918,356 51.0 1,817,023 63.8 1,612,208 46.7 1,829,265 43.8 1,647,550 41.0 1,773,130 43.4 19,737,409 47.1

Asia Total 1,018,348 32.9 1,200,651 66.2 1,243,295 50.9 1,463,927 52.6 1,384,930 56.5 1,363,207 60.3 1,620,334 56.3 1,570,066 71.8 1,362,193 55.5 1,527,602 51.1 1,390,779 45.6 1,500,511 47.2 16,645,843 53.9

South Korea 358,093 40.1 321,576 38.9 268,156 39.6 304,619 57.0 315,389 61.5 251,504 21.2 343,799 37.1 390,971 55.5 301,645 38.6 370,842 48.6 359,845 50.5 415,656 53.4 4,002,095 45.3

China 226,214 45.4 359,080 159.8 338,121 83.7 405,731 112.9 387,170 133.5 462,248 167.1 576,868 105.1 591,510 133.1 491,201 99.6 445,562 99.6 362,950 74.9 347,034 82.7 4,993,689 107.3

Taiwan 217,035 10.2 277,626 45.2 277,934 33.2 335,140 30.0 339,677 20.5 345,243 35.8 361,683 29.5 313,929 36.6 302,897 37.2 343,601 32.0 296,499 25.4 265,811 25.4 3,677,075 29.9

Hong Kong 87,742 38.2 109,384 68.8 117,223 81.8 119,602 50.7 120,626 70.4 137,014 75.4 158,712 74.0 141,466 88.7 115,242 64.9 129,080 66.9 130,776 53.4 157,425 48.2 1,524,292 64.6

Thailand 44,770 64.8 44,038 28.3 92,438 30.0 117,930 18.6 81,015 30.1 43,390 19.5 51,852 20.9 31,289 6.6 34,385 10.7 86,001 8.3 76,145 11.9 93,478 22.6 796,731 21.2

Singapore 11,813 8.5 16,293 57.1 23,147 41.3 24,833 33.1 24,593 34.7 29,167 25.2 17,194 31.8 12,616 52.8 18,716 32.4 25,205 25.1 38,205 43.1 67,001 40.1 308,783 35.5

Malaysia 12,312 -11.8 19,269 36.6 28,193 20.6 29,556 17.4 25,797 14.1 18,525 8.8 19,954 22.8 12,301 23.8 21,307 32.5 28,488 18.6 39,481 42.6 50,264 27.9 305,447 22.4

Indonesia 9,683 35.8 8,094 24.0 19,542 36.6 23,364 37.9 18,859 27.7 17,119 9.3 25,528 52.0 9,777 15.6 12,855 18.7 16,753 37.5 14,197 24.2 29,312 23.6 205,083 29.2

Philippines 14,428 57.5 14,190 89.3 26,786 110.8 36,673 23.4 27,847 44.2 18,619 38.7 16,374 48.4 14,794 28.5 15,843 25.1 25,685 32.2 24,443 53.2 32,679 50.0 268,361 45.7

Vietnam 12,266 82.9 9,489 27.9 18,736 68.1 28,510 59.4 12,319 56.0 13,043 53.2 15,366 40.0 13,770 44.6 15,569 46.0 21,391 40.5 14,592 40.7 10,344 30.2 185,395 49.2

India 7,771 12.8 5,982 20.1 8,228 19.4 9,204 23.7 11,328 15.0 8,588 15.7 8,294 14.6 8,680 23.3 9,098 19.1 9,719 18.5 9,507 14.2 6,685 10.6 103,084 17.2

Macao 3,313 29.6 5,093 101.2 5,601 74.4 5,435 85.2 5,129 69.3 6,720 60.6 8,738 92.1 13,381 114.2 5,751 74.9 6,208 54.7 7,151 77.7 11,741 74.0 84,261 78.1

Israel 671 16.9 722 26.0 3,068 9.1 4,469 28.8 1,693 9.3 1,019 28.3 1,267 23.5 1,125 13.5 3,298 95.0 2,118 -33.1 1,672 7.6 806 32.8 21,928 16.6

Mongol 1,740 11.1 1,467 32.8 1,779 10.2 1,582 39.1 1,355 28.9 1,602 14.3 1,608 2.3 1,821 15.5 1,816 9.4 1,774 18.9 1,611 29.3 1,735 15.2 19,890 17.5

Turkey 924 -27.1 955 12.0 1,866 78.9 1,822 8.4 1,617 46.1 1,304 6.6 1,453 26.2 1,414 13.4 1,752 52.0 1,515 -15.3 1,595 20.4 1,057 13.9 17,274 17.0

Europe Total 62,847 10.6 69,706 18.8 118,398 25.5 130,460 8.3 102,667 23.5 82,754 17.1 134,217 34.4 118,791 28.5 102,847 11.9 135,290 14.1 101,704 15.9 85,289 15.1 1,244,970 18.7

United Kingdom 15,030 7.6 17,770 19.8 25,205 25.8 27,049 14.7 19,882 18.0 16,839 12.1 26,340 34.2 20,466 29.4 22,699 9.9 26,221 7.9 21,577 16.8 19,410 14.8 258,488 17.5

France 10,035 9.9 11,951 34.6 18,090 14.6 27,146 22.5 20,324 36.6 13,500 17.3 22,304 19.6 21,199 20.9 15,276 12.3 23,871 18.3 16,277 22.6 14,255 9.8 214,228 20.0

Germany 8,325 13.0 9,815 9.6 18,374 33.6 15,661 2.9 14,340 18.5 10,537 11.8 13,845 18.8 13,405 25.1 14,542 14.3 18,840 14.4 14,723 13.7 10,173 13.9 162,580 15.9

Italy 4,168 27.1 4,680 23.2 8,869 35.6 10,402 9.9 7,873 33.7 6,410 29.0 9,963 44.0 16,658 56.2 8,368 19.0 10,192 15.0 7,213 14.1 8,402 23.8 103,198 28.1

Russia 4,024 -6.1 2,781 -18.8 5,503 -14.4 5,207 -23.5 4,275 -15.2 3,756 -24.9 5,041 -13.2 4,826 -9.8 4,216 -16.3 5,230 -23.0 5,593 -9.6 3,913 -0.3 54,365 -15.2

Spain 2,501 27.5 2,806 30.3 6,330 74.1 5,469 -9.7 5,578 26.6 5,269 51.8 9,843 34.3 13,520 27.6 7,604 14.4 8,381 23.6 5,014 20.5 4,871 46.0 77,186 27.5

Sweden 2,948 17.3 2,662 17.4 5,146 25.6 5,230 -0.9 3,424 16.4 3,685 21.2 5,647 74.4 2,640 18.1 3,097 3.7 5,170 11.6 3,937 10.0 3,391 2.4 46,977 17.1

Netherlands 2,145 4.3 2,478 12.1 4,230 19.2 5,037 28.7 4,269 26.7 3,201 21.9 7,219 59.2 3,765 23.4 4,138 17.2 5,730 18.8 4,448 28.2 3,313 21.4 49,973 25.4

Switzerland 1,677 16.0 1,849 18.1 3,773 36.6 5,476 21.3 3,402 27.3 2,325 21.3 5,573 40.9 3,024 35.2 3,259 6.9 5,025 16.1 2,696 10.2 2,319 2.7 40,398 21.9

Belgium 1,046 16.1 1,435 41.1 1,982 18.5 2,582 11.3 2,083 26.9 1,520 21.2 3,467 62.4 1,910 38.1 2,045 19.0 2,865 34.2 2,039 27.7 1,380 19.1 24,354 28.6

Finland 1,501 5.3 1,401 5.8 2,323 1.5 2,370 12.6 1,739 2.4 1,863 20.3 2,565 72.0 1,196 16.7 1,478 8.7 2,113 -0.7 2,234 43.6 1,872 9.3 22,655 15.2

Poland 801 13.6 1,080 49.6 1,775 -0.8 2,805 17.2 2,434 47.2 1,866 71.0 2,662 43.7 2,261 45.4 2,470 38.0 3,160 50.3 2,063 42.3 919 18.0 24,296 35.9

Denmark 1,196 7.2 1,224 9.3 2,578 51.6 1,934 -17.2 1,565 34.2 1,530 20.9 3,428 63.9 1,195 20.8 1,483 13.9 2,733 20.8 1,709 9.9 1,142 14.7 21,717 21.3

Norway 1,114 15.6 1,112 18.2 2,636 84.3 1,448 -39.7 1,042 26.3 1,558 19.8 3,058 71.1 911 19.6 1,307 1.6 1,808 29.3 1,349 13.7 1,254 32.0 18,597 22.1

Austria 1,024 16.0 1,100 20.6 1,908 51.3 1,726 -3.3 1,480 23.7 1,075 14.6 1,911 34.6 1,706 34.2 1,613 5.1 1,911 15.1 1,565 11.9 1,165 2.2 18,184 18.1

Portugal 777 10.2 1,004 41.6 1,516 39.1 1,571 2.3 1,429 34.7 1,318 16.6 2,160 68.1 2,240 30.6 1,449 26.8 1,769 18.3 1,581 35.8 1,852 31.6 18,666 29.3

Ireland 936 0.6 930 13.6 1,399 36.1 1,372 6.8 1,097 3.6 1,014 6.5 1,543 37.5 1,184 25.4 1,241 10.2 1,357 7.0 1,169 12.7 1,076 4.9 14,318 13.7

Africa Total 1,801 -1.6 1,746 20.9 3,273 27.0 2,689 -0.3 2,567 5.4 2,093 -3.8 3,222 54.0 3,328 45.0 3,046 11.2 3,346 -4.1 2,681 -3.5 2,126 19.2 31,918 12.6

North America Total 78,654 5.6 77,636 19.1 121,592 21.5 121,420 13.1 116,842 17.5 122,846 18.5 123,765 20.4 98,376 21.7 97,967 11.8 122,333 17.5 113,534 22.4 115,641 23.1 1,310,606 17.8

U.S.A. 62,081 3.9 59,157 13.7 95,609 18.1 95,891 12.4 92,184 14.7 102,103 16.2 98,201 18.4 76,926 20.4 76,279 10.1 96,208 16.6 88,707 21.1 89,912 22.3 1,033,258 15.9

Canada 14,250 10.9 16,304 42.8 21,638 34.6 21,868 23.0 20,708 29.8 16,725 31.5 19,767 25.4 17,758 24.9 17,703 21.8 21,902 23.9 20,797 28.5 21,970 24.2 231,390 26.5

Mexico 1,694 25.9 1,678 24.9 3,561 44.7 2,931 -18.2 3,229 27.5 3,356 33.6 4,790 35.4 2,826 35.2 3,139 6.3 3,319 3.5 3,115 19.0 3,170 40.6 36,808 20.9

South America Total 3,998 19.2 3,257 19.9 6,102 11.2 7,308 5.0 5,424 4.8 4,353 11.2 6,684 48.0 4,511 14.5 5,734 5.1 6,517 0.0 5,442 28.0 14,868 224.1 74,198 30.5

Brazil 2,303 22.0 1,709 30.0 3,423 12.4 4,467 8.1 2,804 -4.0 2,152 -2.4 3,697 42.5 2,072 -2.6 2,795 -8.9 3,332 -8.4 2,485 7.6 2,778 -9.4 34,017 5.3

Oceania Total 52,692 28.7 33,925 14.7 33,116 36.6 38,807 11.8 29,241 33.0 26,891 9.0 30,061 24.4 21,880 35.1 40,356 13.9 34,113 22.5 33,328 30.8 54,616 29.7 429,026 23.5

Australia 48,583 30.0 30,303 14.0 29,178 36.8 34,060 12.9 24,827 33.9 22,695 7.7 25,396 26.4 17,878 36.6 34,712 13.3 29,621 23.5 29,463 33.0 49,359 31.2 376,075 24.3

New Zealand 3,932 16.8 3,474 23.9 3,558 33.7 4,545 5.0 4,022 26.5 3,820 18.3 4,344 15.0 3,740 30.6 5,299 18.4 4,137 17.0 3,542 15.1 4,989 15.5 49,402 18.7

Stateless 53 51.4 61 60.5 103 49.3 80 5.3 63 6.8 54 8.0 73 25.9 71 77.5 65 27.5 64 3.2 82 36.7 79 27.4 848 28.4

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