Tokyo, Oct. 23.
According to an official investiga tion by the Home Office, the mum. ber of foreigners visiting Japan during the frst half of the current Year totalled 4.810, showing a decrease of 4,197 as compared with the total visitors in the correspond. ing period last year, the rate of the, fall being 2 per cent.
"This is ascribed fo the worldwide economic depression by officials of the Japan Tourist. Bureau. The prorecedented drop in sliver, value iso partly responsible for
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