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Searches for travel in Japan on OTA have been growing since lifting of the remaining inbound travel restrictions was announced

Qantas Airways is driving tourism promotion in Japan in earnest with restart of Haneda-Sydney services

JAL is serving ‘practical zero CO2 flight’ for a Okinawa tour in November 2022

Sumitomo Mitsui Card, a leading credit card of Japan, visualizes travelers’ cashless payment data on Tourism Forecast Platform

International arrivals in August 2022 were still 170,000 only, despite more than 100,000 for five consecutive months

A nationwide travel discount program will be kicked off on October 11, supporting up to 11,000 JPY a traveler a night

Japan will fully open the border on October 11 2022 by lifting visa requirement for foreigners and the limited entry cap a day

43 Japanese travel companies earned six times more sales in overseas travel than a year ago due to restart of package tours

HIS invests to a tourism-oriented digital currency/NFT startup to expand its Web 3.0 business space

France expects Rugby World Cup 2023 will be a big chance to increase Japanese travelers

Tiqets in Europe and Klook in Asia become partners to connect their supply channels for in-destination activity bookings

ANA is accelerating ‘ESG Management’ with four pillars of Environment, Human Rights, DEI and Regional Revitalization

Japan National Tourism Organization develops AR experiences of the famous summer festival in Japan for Singapore

Japanese guest nights in July 2022 were recovered to a 7% reduction even amid the 7th COVID-19 wave

ANA will expand Honolulu services with A380 ‘Flying Honu’ in this coming autumn

Japanese young generation is motivated by ‘a sense of togetherness’ or ‘local unique experience’ for participation in an event

Japan and Taiwan are working together for 7.5 million two-way travelers a year

Japan Tourism Agency revises a guideline to accept a foreign tourist tour without a tour conductor

A Japanese leading travel firm welcomed 1.3 million visitors a month in its metaverse shop

HIS sells Huis Ten Bosh theme-park to aHong Kong-based investment firm at 66.6 billion JPY

ANA will resume North America flights to 90% of the pre-pandemic level, restarting Washington DC, Huston and Chicago services

A foreign tourist tour to Japan no longer needs a tour conductor on September 7

Why does Agoda invest a large scale of budget into the Japan market?A leader in Japan talks about its strategies

ANA will resume domestic flights in latter half of FY2022 to the pre-COVID-19 level

Air Asia Thailand launches its first Japan flights on the Bangkok-Fukuoka route on October 12 2022

A Japan National Tourism Organization leader talks about the promotional strategies for rebound of the inbound travel market

Three doses vaccination travelers will no longer need PCR negative certificate for entry into Japan on September 7

Japanese young travelers are still willing to travel on their own judgements even amid the 7th COVID-19 wave

The most-booked overseas destination in this autumn is Hawaii with honeymoon demand resumed

Delta Air Lines will launch Haneda-Honolulu services in December and resume Haneda-Los Angeles services in October

A local bank of Japan enters into a tourism business to revitalize local economy

PCR negative certificate even before departing Japan is acceptable for a three-days or shorter overseas trip

Ten lodging companies closed in July 2022, increasing year on year for four consecutive months

Okinawa encourages travelers to use public transportation, appealing non-rent-a-car trips

An international visitor in Japan spent 260,000 JPY on average in Q1 of FY2022, higher than usual

More Japanese travelers see video sharing sites and SNS as travel information sources

How do young Japanese people choose their travels this summer ?

Japanese guest nights in June 2022 were recovered to a 7% reduction compared to June 2019

JAL joins ‘flying car’ project in Tokyo to study business models toward pilot operation in 2024

Kansai Airport forecasts 37 million passengers in 2025 of the EXPO year, 1.3 times more than 2018

An online travel and experience gift service is launched by the leading travel company of Japan

Users on top 5 Japanese OTAs increased by 1.5 times in Q1 of FY2022 year on year

Travel cancellation insurance draws more attentions in Japan hit by the 7th COVID-19 wave

Japan National Tourism Organization is preparing for open of individual travel, including online advertising campaigns with airlines

Only 12,000 foreigners are registered as new entry applicants to Japan as of July 28 2022

Japanese travelers not returning home from Bali, Indonesia appear one after another due to positive on local PCR test

Japan declares carbon neutral in the international aviation space by 2050 at ICAO meeting

Both ANA and JAL have received four times more international flight bookings in this busiest summer period than a year ago

Works from home in Tokyo reduced to 55% in June 2022, while three days or longer a week slightly increased

Japanese domestic traveler’s mindset is changing to ‘I may as well choose better travel’ amid rise in cost