{
  "id": 15867963,
  "title": "Foreign Visitors to Japan Down 5.0 Pct in Sept.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/foreign-visitors-to-japan-down-5-0-pct-in-sept",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T09:10:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102100863/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in September dropped 5.0 pct from a year earlier to 3,103,700, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. The decline reflected rising airfares due to a deterioration in the situation in the Middle East and typhoon-caused flight cancellations. The cumulative number of such visitors in the January-...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}