Foreign arrivals at Tokyo Narita up 11% in 2010

Japan's Tokyo Immigration Bureau reported foreign arrivals at Tokyo Narita Airport rose 10.9% year-on-year to 4.2 million while departing Japanese at the airport rose 5.2% to 8.7 million in 2010 (Kyodo, 05-Feb-2011). Details include:

• Foreign arrivals: 4.2 million, +10.9% year-on-year;
  • Mainland China: 780,000;
  • US: 590,000, +2.1%;
  • South Korea: 520,000, +13.9%;
  • Taiwan: 460,000, +17.8%.