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Travel consumption in Japan totaled 37.6 trillion yen in 2025, including 9.5 trillion trillion yen by international visitors to Japan

JAL enables boarding and transfers using only facial recognition, linked with individual information on smartphones

Sagawa Express, a Japanese delivery service, starts online booking for baggage storage service with multi-languages

Hilton will open luxury brand ‘LXR’ in Hakone Gora area in the summer 2028

International hospitality tech conference ‘HITEC’ will be held in Tokyo in December 2026 for the first time

ANA and JAL will raise fuel surcharges by up to two times from May 2026, charging 56,000 yen on U.S. and Europe routes

New rules on usage of mobile battery in a flight cabin was enforced in Japan on April 24 2026

There is a 4.5 times gap between Japanese travelers to Taiwan and Taiwanese travelers to Japan in 2025

Japanese international travelers were up 6.7% to 1.52 million in March 2026

International visitor spending in Japan amounted to 2.3 trillion yen for the first three months of 2026

International arrivals in Japan exceeded 10 million for the first three months of 2026 with 3.62 million in March

JTB acquired a location data analysis company to Internalize processes from problem identification to effectiveness verification

MUFG Bank and Sagawa Express launch a new empty-handed travel service in the bank branch in Kyoto City

An app helping international drivers avoid rent-a-car accidents is released by NAVITIME JAPAN

Digital

JAL enables boarding and transfers using only facial recognition, linked with individual information on smartphones

JAL enables boarding and transfers using only facial recognition, linked with individual information on smartphones

Japan Bound

Travel consumption in Japan totaled 37.6 trillion yen in 2025, including 9.5 trillion trillion yen by international visitors to Japan

Travel consumption in Japan totaled 37.6 trillion yen in 2025, including 9.5 trillion trillion yen by international visitors to Japan

Japanese Travelers

Travel consumption in Japan totaled 37.6 trillion yen in 2025, including 9.5 trillion trillion yen by international visitors to Japan

Travel consumption in Japan totaled 37.6 trillion yen in 2025, including 9.5 trillion trillion yen by international visitors to Japan

Japan Domestic Travel

Travel consumption in Japan totaled 37.6 trillion yen in 2025, including 9.5 trillion trillion yen by international visitors to Japan

Travel consumption in Japan totaled 37.6 trillion yen in 2025, including 9.5 trillion trillion yen by international visitors to Japan

Statistics

Online shopping spending to travel by Japanese households with two or more people was down 4.2% compared to the previous year

Online shopping spending to travel by Japanese households with two or more people was down 4.2% compared to the previous year

Travel Sectors

JAL enables boarding and transfers using only facial recognition, linked with individual information on smartphones

JAL enables boarding and transfers using only facial recognition, linked with individual information on smartphones

DMOs

A tourism finance lawyer explains what is going on an accommodation tax in Japan, citing that Kyoto City collects 10,000 yen a night at a maximum

A tourism finance lawyer explains what is going on an accommodation tax in Japan, citing that Kyoto City collects 10,000 yen a night at a maximum

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