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Japanese overseas travelers resulted in the first growth in the last 16 months in September 2015

Japanese overseas travelers resulted in the first growth in the last 16 months in September 2015

Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) reported that Japanese overseas travelers were up 0.3% year on year to 1,526,000 in September 2015, marking the first monthly growth in the last 16 months since May 2014. The total for the first nine months of 2015 was down 4.9% to 12,114,100.

The following table shows monthly results in 2015 and changes from 2014:

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