TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan saw 3.49 million visitors in December, an all-time high for any month, official data showed on Wednesday, capping off a record year for tourism fuelled by the weak yen.

December arrivals of foreign visitors for business and leisure rose from 3.19 million in November, breaking the previous monthly record set in October, data from the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) showed.

A total of 36.87 million visitors arrived in 2024, exceeding the previous 12-month high of 31.9 million set in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic shut global borders.

(Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Eileen Soreng)