Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) announced that the number of Japanese overseas travelers were 75,000 in January 2022, marking the most Japanese departures a month since the pandemic happened. The result was about 50% more than a year ago (27,000), though it was still 94.8% fewer departures than two years ago (1,452,157).
According to OAG, international flights departing from six major airports in Japan (Narita, Haneda, Kansai, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sapporo) were 3,091 (down 4.8% over a year ago) in January 2022, providing 767,482 seats in total (up 3.9% over a year ago).
The following graph shows Japanese overseas travelers by month.