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The number of foreign visitors to Japan totaled 3.29 million in July, up 41.9 percent from a year earlier and hitting a record high for a single month, boosted by the weak yen, government data showed Wednesday. The latest figure represented a 10.1 percent rise from July 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. The cumulative number of visitors between January and July reached about 21.07 million, exceeding 20 million at the fastest pace on record, the organization said.

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