TOKYO – In recent years, the number of tourists visiting Japan has been increasing rapidly, reaching a record 13.4 million last year, a 29% increase from 2013. Japan seems to be making great strides toward its goal of recapturing the position as an Asian cultural center that it held a century ago, when the Indian Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore lived in Tokyo.
东京—近几年来，访日游客数量迅速增长，去年创出1,340万人次新高，比2013年增加29%。日本似乎正在大踏步向重新成为亚洲文化中心的目标迈进。一百年前，也就是印度诺贝尔奖诗人泰戈尔生活在东京的时候，日本曾经是亚洲文化中心。中国革命领袖孙中山和蒋介石以及其他诸多亚洲名人也纷纷来到日本。