Number of short-term foreign visitors involved in scams in Japan triples, fraud schemes, investment fraud top activities

The National Police Agency in Tokyo. - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun file

TOKYO: The number of foreigners exposed for involvement in fraud during a short-term stay in Japan reached 59 from January to October last year, nearly tripling compared to the same period in the previous year, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from National Police Agency data.

The number is a provisional figure.