Latest News Okinawa forecasts to lose prefectural GDP of 340 billion JPY in FY2021 with a 56% decrease in tourists over FY2019 Feb 02, 2022 JNTO research finds Tokyo Olympics 2020 motivates 390 million people in the world to visit Japan in the future Feb 01, 2022 ANA launches ‘SAF Flight Initiative’ for corporate partners to help them reduce CO2 practically and drive ESG management Jan 31, 2022 Sharing economy market scale of Japan reached record-high 2.4 trillion JPY in 2021 and may exceed 14 trillion JPY in 2030 Jan 28, 2022 How did foreign media report Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics? Seeing technology, hospitality and multi-languages as legacies Jan 27, 2022 Japanese departures overseas totaled 512,000, down 84% over 2020 or down 97.4% over 2019 Jan 26, 2022 International arrivals in Japan totaled 246,000 in 2021, down 94% over 2020 or down 99.2% over 2019 Jan 25, 2022 Japan Business Federation proposes sustainable and resilient tourism, including upgrading of Tourism Agency to ministry Jan 24, 2022 Mastercard and Wakayama Prefecture partner in tourism promotions and DX for smaller businesses Jan 21, 2022 Japanese travel companies still suffered from a 37.9% decrease in domestic travel sales in November 2021 compared to two years ago Jan 20, 2022 30% in U.K. and 26% in Australia say that Tokyo 2020 could be a motivation to visit Japan in the future Jan 19, 2022 49% of lodging providers in Japan say that purchase costs rose in 2021, and 60% cannot pass on the costs to sales prices Jan 18, 2022 New JATA Chairman says “Our mission is regeneration of tourism under a new normal era” Jan 17, 2022 The most popular internet services in Japan are Yahoo! Japan in users and YouTube in usage time Jan 14, 2022 Japanese guest nights recovered to a 13% reduction from pre-COVID-19 in November 2021 Jan 13, 2022 JR EAST, a Japan’s railway company, launches an information site exclusively for Taiwaneses travelers to Japan Jan 12, 2022 JAL is committed to net zero emission in FY2050, launching ‘three arrows’ under its ESG management Jan 11, 2022 HIS doubled its annual deficit to the worst 50 billion JPY for FY2021, expecting overseas travel demand recovery next summer Jan 10, 2022 A Japanese professional baseball team will open a hotel with onsen inside of a new stadium Jan 05, 2022 What are highlights in WiT Japan organized in January 2022 for the first time in the past two years? Jan 04, 2022 38% of hotels and ryokans in Japan say “We address SDGs,” while many of them lack know-how for concrete actions Jan 04, 2022 The travel willingness rate reaches the highest 67% in Japan and is higher in the spring except a Golden Week period Dec 28, 2021 Japanese people in favor of restarting Go To Travel account for 54%, while 36% say they are traveling even without it Dec 27, 2021 Okinawa Prefecture sells Okinawa to Japanese travelers as an alternative destination to overseas travel Dec 24, 2021 Japanese departures were 51,000 in November 2021, about 20,000 more than a year ago Dec 23, 2021 International arrivals in Japan were just 20,000 in November 2021, before quarantine enhancement due to Omicron variant Dec 22, 2021 Tokyo and Osaka partner for tourism promotion and contents development Dec 21, 2021 ANA and JAL restore domestic flight bookings forNew Year holidays to 70 to 80% of the pre-pandemic level Dec 20, 2021 Japanese travel companies still suffered from a 26% decrease in domestic travel sales in October 2021 even after the emergency declaration was lifted Dec 17, 2021 Miyama in Kyoto and Niseko in Hokkaido are selected as UNWTO Best Tourism Villages for their SDGs efforts Dec 16, 2021 Universal Studio Japan and tourism bodies in Osaka will jointly draw up a tourism strategy Dec 15, 2021 30% of Japanese workers in urban areas are interested in moving to local regions, boosted by spread of telework Dec 14, 2021 JTB forecasts 18 million Japanese domestic travelers for 2021/2022 New Year holidays, 80% more than a year ago Dec 13, 2021 Hilton will open its high-end brand hotel in front of Osaka Station, expecting EXPO 2025 Kansai Osaka Dec 10, 2021 DMO KYOTO forecasts the occupancy rate of hotels in Kyoto City will reach 65.5% in November, the same level as the Go To Travel month last year Dec 09, 2021 Japanese guests considerably improved in October 2021 after declaration of a state of emergency was lifted Dec 08, 2021 Tokyo Government subsidizes 5,000 JPY a night to travel in Tokyo by residents in Tokyo, securing a new budget for 600,000 nights Dec 07, 2021 Rakuten Travel and Marriott commence a strategic partnership in Japan to lure Rakuten members to Marriott Bonvoy Dec 06, 2021 Top ‘Onsen’ prefecture in Japan is Oita with high popularity to Beppu and Yufuin, followed by Gunma with Kusatsu Dec 03, 2021 The Japanese government secures another 266 billion JPY for Go To Travel program in a FY2021 supplementary budget Dec 02, 2021 JTB reduced domestic travel sales by 12% in September 2021 amid declaration of a state of emergency Dec 01, 2021 Japanese railway company JR East launches ‘Hotels along the line’ project, making a station as a check-in reception function Nov 30, 2021 JTB forecasts to move into the black for the full year of FY2021, earning more than half of sales from non-travel businesses Nov 29, 2021 JTB publishes ‘JTB REPORT 2021,’ viewing post-pandemic overseas travel market of Japan Nov 26, 2021 Tourism Ministry of Japan uses ‘Pokémon GO’ to help travelers discover local history in a designated city Nov 25, 2021 Only 50,000 Japanese travelers departed overseas in October 2021 Nov 24, 2021 Global travel restrictions still limited international visitors to Japan with 22,000 only in October 2021 Nov 24, 2021 Airbnb Japan is promoting farm stay in south Nagano area, working together with Iida City and a local DMO Nov 22, 2021 Sixty percent of Japanese companies hope that domestic travel boosting ‘Go To Travel’ program will be restarted within FY2021 Nov 19, 2021 JAL enables vaccination record registration on digital health app ‘VeriFly’ for its US flights Nov 19, 2021