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Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 opened, exhibiting from ‘Flying Car’ to unique pavilions to touch future society

HIS, a leading Japanese travel company, resulted in the first net profit in five fiscal years, increasing sales by 40% in the core travel business

Interview with Trip.com Executive: Boosting Regional Tourism in Japan and Offering Experiential Expo Travel Packages

Hakuba Village, Nagao, increased tourists during the 2024-2025 winter season by 14% to record-high 1.3 million

Hopper President talks about entry into the Japanese market in partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card

JTB forecasts that Japanese travelers will reduce by 7% during this coming Golden Week holiday period, despite a 10% increase in outbound travelers

Travel Voice issues the ‘Over-Tourism 2025’ report to dig out what is its origin, how it is defined and what happens globally

Japan Tourism Agency promotes more Japanese people to travel overseas with new campaigns by the travel industry organization

Willer, a Japanese bus operator, reveals that international traveler bookings increase by 25% in the spring break period

Setouchi Triennale 2025 opens on April 18 2025, adding three new areas including Naoshima New Museum of Art

Japanet, a Japan’s leading TV shopping company, signs a business partnership with MSC Cruises for another five years

Japanese travel companies reduced struggled with a 28% decrease in sales in January 2025 over 2019

VELTRA, a Japanese local experience booking platform, launches a cruise booking platform in cooperation with MSC Cruises

JAL Group aims at 230 billion yen EBIT in FY2028, improving productivity for international and domestic flights with a new order of 17 Boeing 787-8s

Digital

Hopper President talks about entry into the Japanese market in partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card

Hopper President talks about entry into the Japanese market in partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card

Japan Bound

Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 opened, exhibiting from ‘Flying Car’ to unique pavilions to touch future society

Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 opened, exhibiting from ‘Flying Car’ to unique pavilions to touch future society

Japanese Travelers

Hopper President talks about entry into the Japanese market in partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card

Hopper President talks about entry into the Japanese market in partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card

Japan Domestic Travel

Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 opened, exhibiting from ‘Flying Car’ to unique pavilions to touch future society

Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 opened, exhibiting from ‘Flying Car’ to unique pavilions to touch future society

Statistics

Global Power City Index 2024 shows Tokyo remains 3rd but narrows the gap of New York as 2nd

Global Power City Index 2024 shows Tokyo remains 3rd but narrows the gap of New York as 2nd

Travel Sectors

HIS, a leading Japanese travel company, resulted in the first net profit in five fiscal years, increasing sales by 40% in the core travel business

HIS, a leading Japanese travel company, resulted in the first net profit in five fiscal years, increasing sales by 40% in the core travel business

DMOs

The average daily rate of hotels in Kyoto City reached record-high 20,195 yen with the occupancy rate of 78.5% in 2024

The average daily rate of hotels in Kyoto City reached record-high 20,195 yen with the occupancy rate of 78.5% in 2024

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