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SkyDrive, a Japanese ‘flying car’ developer, unveiled a demonstration flight in the Osaka Kansai Expo venue, toward passenger flight in this summer

What kind of travel Japanese GenZ likes? 25% of males prefer to ‘sole travel,’ and 52% of females to ‘gourmet'

Luxury magazine publisher Condé Nast Japan and Deloitte Japan launch a consultation service for luxury international travelers to Japan

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

Japanese outbound travelers were up 20.7% year on year to 1.2 million in February 2025

International visitors to Japan exceeded 3 million in February 2025 with a share of 67% from East Asia

Tobu Railway, a Japanese private railway company, will serve a luxury bus with comfortable 18 seats in Nikko area

What is ‘The Future City’ in the coming EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai? 12 exhibitors showcase their future societies

Air Canada serves authentic Japanese inflight meals in the Signature Class in collaboration with Micheline Star chef

Tourism EXPO Japan 2025 Aichi/Central Japan will be held in September with a theme of ‘Travel for Discovery and New Encounters,’ expected 100,000 visitors

NAVITIME, a navigation app of Japan, links to a transportation search provider in Europe, allowing users to book and purchase train tickets in three countries

Hyatt launches a new short-stay brand to offer effective operation and comfortable stay with lower prices

Tokyo Metro launches a new service to enable a passenger to get on subway with touch payment of credit card or QR code

Hokkaido sends messages to foreign backcountry skiers for safe experiences on the special website

The share of international guests in local regions of Japan rose to 34% in December 2024, higher than the growth in urban areas

ANA decides to order 77 aircraft valued more than 2 trillion yen to prepare for an increase in international flight demand in the future

IHG Hotels & Resorts celebrates 50 hotels milestone in Japan with three new brands opened

Japan National Tourism Organization hosted ‘Japan Luxury Showcase 2025,’ a BtoB event, joined by 40 global travel agents

Japanese passport holder percentage is just 17% in 2024, reduced by 15% compared to 2019

ANA begins ticket sales on Hopper through NDC to offer a variety of ancillary services

Private Jet tour with pets to a remote island in Nagasaki, Japan is now on sale

Osaka Prefecture will raise the accommodation tax rates in September 2025, expected tax revenue will increase to 8 billion yen a year

Travel consumption in Japan by Japanese travelers was record-high in 2024 with a 25% increase in spending per traveler

Japanese outbound travelers were up 8.8% year on year to 910,000 in January 2025

International visitors to Japan broke the single-month-record in January 2025, boosted by Chinese New Year holidays

Hotel Okura, a Japanese prestige hotel brand forms a strategic alliance with a resort hotel brand of Indonesia

An innovative tourism service for local residents to create a tour as ‘casts’ is launched in Shikoku, Japan

Hankyu Travel, a Japanese travel agent, will charter France-based cruise Ponant in 2027 for luxury international travelers to Japan

‘Linktivity,’ an e-ticket booking platform of Japan, starts dealing with transportation pass in Shanghai on global 400 OTAs

Hong Kong-based Klook raised another funds of $100 million to expand partnership with Google Cloud for AI and collaborations with tourism authorities in APAC

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

Bangkok-based Minor Hotels operating in 58 countries worldwide enters the luxury market of Japan in tie-up with Richmond Hotel operator

JR Kyushu, a railway company of Japan, and SkyDrive ally with Oita Prefecture for ‘Flying Car’ tour services

‘Disney Cruise’ in Japan will be operated by Yusen Group, an Asuka operator, offering 1250 cabins for 5,500 passengers

Highway bus WILLER is booked by 11 times more Chinese travelers to Japan during this year’s Chinese New Year holiday period than a year go

e-ticket management system provider ‘Japan ticket’ connects with Klook on API for pre-payment and instant booking for international travelers

Online booking for Shinkansen in the western Japan is now available on Apple Map