入国外国人、上半期は１２００万人減　新型コロナの水際強化で―入管庁

　出入国在留管理庁は９日、２０２０年上半期（１～６月）の外国人入国者数が前年同期比１２３２万８４９１人減の４０９万２９１人だったと発表した。新型コロナウイルスの世界的な感染拡大を受け、入国禁止措置など水際対策を強化したことが影響した。
　上半期が減少に転じたのは、東日本大震災が発生した１１年以来。当時の減少幅は約１３０万人だった。
　外国人入国者数は１３年に１０００万人を突破。１９年には３１１８万７１７９人と、７年連続で過去最多を更新している。（2020/10/09-18:08）

The number of foreign citizens who entered Japan in the January-June first half of 2020 came to 4,090,291, down by 12,328,491 from a year before, the Immigration Services Agency said Friday.
   The steep decline is attributed to strengthened border controls amid the coronavirus pandemic.
   The first-half figure fell for the first time since 2011, when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. In January-June that year, the number of foreigners who entered the Asian country decreased by about 1.3 million.
   The number of foreign entrants topped the 10-million mark in 2013 and totaled 31,187,179 in 2019, hitting a record high for the seventh straight year.
   The total number of Japanese and non-Japanese entrants started to fall after the government tightened border controls in February. The total stood at 77,776 in April, 41,766 in May and 57,286 in June, each plunging over 99 pct year on year.