U.S., Jan. 8 -- In 2019, Japan enjoyed its highest foreign visitor numbers on record, rounding off a ten year period of growth in the nation's tourism sector.

Japan's 2019 Tourist Travel Boom in Numbers

1. The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a 12 month high of 2.3 million in September 2019.

2. 68,400 British tourists visited Japan in October 2019, enough to fill 51 peak-time Shinkansen trains.

3. Japan ends the decade with its highest tourism stats overall in the last ten years (over 32.5 million foreign visitors).

4. In 2019, Japan welcomed 3% more train passengers than in 2018, reaching 25.6 million train travelers.

5. Japan carries 4.5 million more rail passengers per year than Germany's railways despite having 28,000...