Latest News Japan’s robot developer launches ‘Robot Translator’ app for 45 different languages Jun 08, 2017 Wacoal, the Japan’s leading underwear maker, launches a lodging service in Kyoto, renovating traditional houses Jun 07, 2017 JTB reduces both sales and profit for FY2016 due to failures to increase FIT and online sales Jun 07, 2017 Booking.com emphasizes strong ties with lodging partners in Japan Jun 06, 2017 JTB purchases Kuoni GTS, targeting travelers from Asia to Europe Jun 06, 2017 Japan hosted record-high international conferences in 2016, becoming top MICE destination in APAC and Middle East Jun 02, 2017 Peach Aviation, a Japanese LCC, will launch a Bitcoin payment system by the end of 2017 Jun 02, 2017 Duty-free shops for international visitors in Japan decupled in the last five years Jun 02, 2017 Comparison of top 5 Japanese travel agents’ results in February 2017 Jun 01, 2017 Japanese senior generation prefers traveling with grand children to traveling with children May 30, 2017 WIT Japan & North Asia 2017 announces agenda with a theme of ‘reimagine’ May 30, 2017 JTB Group reduced total transactions in FY2016 by 5.8% to 1.6 trillion JPY May 26, 2017 The highest pro-Japan rating is found in Thailand, Vietnam and Philippine among 20 target countries May 26, 2017 Word of mouths for tourist spots in Japan by international travelers increase by 1.5 times May 25, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Australia, U.S. and U.K. in March 2017 May 25, 2017 Japanese overseas travelers were up 0.8% to 1.26 million in April 2017 May 23, 2017 International visitors to Japan were up 24% to 2.6 million in April 2017 May 23, 2017 What is Booking.com’s strategy to increase lodging partners in Japan? May 19, 2017 Economic ripple effect from MICE in Japan amounted to 590 billion JPY in FY2015 May 19, 2017 Times spent for travel-related apps by Japanese users increase by 60% in the last two years May 18, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from four Southeast Asian markets in March 2017 May 17, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in March 2017 May 17, 2017 Universal Studio Japan and Huis Ten Bosch received record-high visitors in 2016 May 12, 2017 A local bank of Japan plays an agent role between Booking.com and its customer lodgings May 12, 2017 The strongest decisive factor to choose a luxury city hotel is recommendations from family or friends May 11, 2017 Activity booking asoview! and navigation service NAVITIME work together for local activity booking in Japan May 10, 2017 JAL announces FY2017-FY2020 Midterm Management Plan with a goal of 1.1 times more sales for the core business May 09, 2017 SNS postings find many international visitors are dissatisfied with public transportation in Japan May 08, 2017 Expedia survey on in-flight manners shows that one-third of Japanese do not recline a seat during a flight May 05, 2017 Rakuten forms an AI-based customer service system with IBM Japan May 04, 2017 The most popular EC app is Amazon in Japan, followed by Rakuten and mercari May 04, 2017 ANA increased profits despite reduction of operating revenue on a consolidated basis for FY2016 May 03, 2017 JAL resulted in reducing both sales and profit on a consolidated basis for FY2016 May 03, 2017 Online transactions for travel-related services in Japan expanded to 3,039 billion JPY in 2016 May 02, 2017 International Airbnb guests in Japan reached 3.7 million in 2016 May 02, 2017 Forty percent prefer to get rest in home in the Golden Week holiday period - BIGLOBE survey Apr 28, 2017 The joint survey by JR East and NTT Data finds out international visitors’ movements in Japan Apr 28, 2017 Travel spending in Japan a international visitor reduces by 8.5% in the 1Q of 2017 Apr 26, 2017 International visitors to Japan were up 9.8% to 2.2 million in March 2017 Apr 26, 2017 Japanese overseas travelers were up 12.1% to 1.74 million in March 2017 Apr 26, 2017 HomeAway ties up with wide-area Setouchi DMO in Japan for a vacation rental service for international travelers Apr 25, 2017 JTB introduces a new online payment program for 170 real shops in Kanto area Apr 21, 2017 TripAdvisor users selects Emirates as No.1 airline in 2017, and JAL is ranked 7th Apr 21, 2017 Toppan, the Japan’s biggest printing company, releases a voice translation app for 21 different languages Apr 21, 2017 The growth rate of international visitors’ guest nights in Japan was lower in January 2017 than before Apr 20, 2017 JAL PAK starts dealing with vacation rental in Okinawa in tie-ups with STAY JAPAN Apr 18, 2017 SNS data show differences of tastes for Japan by nationality among international visitors to Japan Apr 18, 2017 Comparison of top 5 Japanese travel agents’ results in January 2017 Apr 18, 2017 H.I.S. launches a meta-search site for domestic air tickets Apr 15, 2017 JR East deals with vacation rental on its inbound travel products in partnership with the Japanese platform Apr 15, 2017
