The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure was 3.14 million last month, exceeding the previous monthly record of 3.08 million in May, data from the Japan National Tourism Organisation showed.

The 17.78 million arrivals through June were also a record for a half-year period and on pace to smash through an annual record high of 31.9 million in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic shut global borders.