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ANA drastically transforms its business model to survive the crisis, launching a new LCC for middle-range international services

Where did travelers go from Tokyo after Tokyo was added in the government’s domestic travel recovery campaign ‘Go To Travel’?

Private accommodations giving up businesses doubled for half a year in Japan amid COVID-19

Narita Airport opens PCR Test Center to issue a negative certificate as early as two hours

Japanese overseas travelers were down 98.2% to 32,000 in September 2020

International arrivals in Japan were more than 10,000 in September 2020 for the first time in the past half a year

JTB adds Japan Railway tickets in its dynamic pricing products, making possible a package of railway and accommodation

International cruise travelers to Japan were down 12% to 2.15 million in 2019, affected by a decrease in cruises from China

Japan Tourism Agency staff works remotely in Hokkaido to translate their own experiences into policymaking for Workcation

Keidanren or Japan Business Federation seriously focuses on Workcation, working together with the tourism association

Local Brand Survey 2020 for 47 prefectures in Japan: Ibaraki gets out of the bottom, while Tokyo sees the biggest reduction

HIS launches a new digital service combing AI-based chat with face-to-face customer communication

The popularity of ‘Tottori Sand Dunes’ soared as a driving domestic destination in Japan during the big autumn holiday week

Japan’s domestic travel recovery campaign ‘Go To Travel’ has been used by 18.9 million guest nights for the first two months

JAL LCC ZIP AIR TOKYO finally launches two Narita-Seoul flights a week on October 16 2020

Air Asia Japan steps out from Japan, hit by COVID-19, stopping all of its services on December 5 2020

HIS reduced travel business revenue by 33% in 3Q of FY2020, falling into operating loss of 12 billion JPY

Digital Native Generation in Japan is positive in new normal life amid COVID-19, as 60% say everything can be done with digital

Japan Tourism Agency requests 16.8 billion JPY in the FY2021 budget for tourism policies including DX and Workcation

Japanese guest nights were down 52% YOY in August 2020, not so stimulated by the government’s tourism recovery initiative

HIS raises $214 million for new hotel developments and system investment through the third-party allocation of shares

Peach Aviation, a Japanese LCC, introduces a Workcation system for its employees

Domestic travel consumption under the state of emergency declaration in Japan was down 83%

ANA launches direct bookings on ‘Google Flight’ through its NDC

TripAdvisor survey shows Hakuba, Nagano is the most popular domestic destination among Japanese travelers in this autumn

New JNTO Vice President talks about what it should do now for restart of inbound travel promotions

HIS, one of the largest Japanese travel agents, offers 15 days and 30 days overseas Workcation tours with a flexible cancelation policy

AB-ROAD, the most popular travel magazine for Japanese overseas travelers, will end its long history on March 31 2021

This year’s Tourism EXPO Japan will be organized in Okinawa in a hybrid format

Japanese overseas travelers were down 98.2% to 37,000 in August 2020

International arrivals in Japan were still down 99% in August 2020

A local bus operator in Japan launches a new package product incorporating PCR testing in tie-ups with a local clinic

KNT-CT launches innovative ‘Travel by car’ in cooperation with Nissan to meet new consumer needs in the time of COVID-19

48 major travel companies in Japan continued suffering from 87% reduction in sales in July 2020, despite gradual recovery in domestic travel

Workcation is promising in Japan as an option of new working styles with COVID-19

Local shopping coupons, as part of the Japanese government’s domestic recovery campaigns, will be distributed after Oct.1

JTB launches a private tour in English with an authorized interpreter guide for Japanese domestic travelers

HIS reduced monthly transaction by 97% to 1,150 million JPY in July 2020

Kyoto City recovered Japanese guest nights to 50% reduction in July 2020, expecting higher room rates after October

60% of Japanese workers are interested in Workcation, despite several challenges to do it

Japanese guest nights slowly recovered to 46% YOY reduction in July 2020

JAL introduces a contactless self-checkin kiosk in Haneda Airport

Domestic travel is the most poplar leisure activity in Japan for nine years in a row, despite a slight decrease in travelers

Airbnb joins the Japan’s domestic travel recovery campaign, offering discounted listings in the middle of October

Okinawa has revised downward its annual visitor forecast again, expecting to reduce by 65% to 3.61 million in 2020

The Japan’s domestic travel recovery campaign ‘Go To Travel’ users reached 4.2 million guest nights by August 20

Japan is selected as the top destination in Asia and the second in US, Europe and Australia in willingness of post-COVID-19 travel

ANA and JAL suffered lower demands than expected in the summer holiday period with domestic load factor of 30% range

Japanese overseas travelers seres still down 98.8% to 20,300 in July 2020, despite doubling from June

International visitors to Japan were down 99% to 3,800 in July 2020, marking YOY reductions for 10 months in a row