Is it a Tokyo drift for tourism?

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We hear from a tour guide in Tokyo as the number of oversees visitors to Japan has fallen for the first time in four years partly because of a big drop in tourists from China after a diplomatic row between the two countries

Also a farmer tells us about the impact of a Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in South Africa

and inflation falls in the UK

Presenter: Leanna Byrne
Producers: Amber Mehmood and Huma Shah
Editor: Justin Bones
18 Feb 11AM English United Kingdom Business

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