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Guest nights by international visitors in Japan reduce in August, for the first time in the past 43 months

Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in July 2016

Biometric identification demonstration of for payment or check-in-hotel by international visitors to Japan starts

Kyoto City opens a search site for the city’s original 56 Visitors Hosts

Tokyo estimates tourism economic impact at 12.9 trillion JPY and job creations at 600,000 in 2015

Four cities in Kansai will suffer shortage of hotels for a while - DBJ survey

DeNA Travel of Japan ties up with LINE Business Connect for overseas travel search and booking

JTB reorganizes the overseas travel businesses into two new companies for seamless purchase of air tickets

Four key travel industry persons in Japan talk about keys for expansion of the overseas travel market

Japan hosted record-high 2,847 international conventions in 2015

Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Australia, Canada and New Zealand in June 2016

NAVITIME Japan launches an online travel booking business including sales of package tours

Airbnb increases senior hosts in Japan, particularly 60 years old or older by 235%

International visitors to Japan in August 2016 were up 13%, totaling 15 million or more in this year

Japanese overseas travelers increased by 10% in August 2016

Tourism EXPO Japan 2016 opened, joined by Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Japanese government

Anime Tourism Association is launched to develop wide area tourist routes with sacred spots for anime

Japanese online guidebook LEVART launches a new AI concierge service for lodging providers

Guest nights in Kyushu damaged by the Kumamoto Earthquake rebounded to 0.6% down in July 2016

Apple Pay on iphone7 can be used for payment on Japanese OTA Jalan.net

Vacation rental experiences accounts for just 3.9% in Japan - Recruit survey

The ratio of online bookings for Japanese overseas travel reaches highest 56% - JTB Research & Consulting

Japanese overseas travelers are expected to increase by 4.9% to 17 million in 2016 - JTB Research & Consulting

Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in June 2016

Rakuten Travel launches a new program to award 5% loyalty points to all users for overseas hotel booking

A Japanese uses SNS apps in 17 days a month or for 36 minutes a day on average

Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from four Southeast Asian markets in July 2016

Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Australia, U.S. and U.K. in July 2016

Booking.com reveals its business strategy for Japan covering from vacation rental to experiences

Rakuten Travel releases a new app to search digital tourist pamphlets over the world

CNN delivers interests in Japan of famous Instagramers on its short program ‘#MyTokyo’

JTB and Panasonic work together for the itinerary management system and empty-handed travel to support international visitors to Japan

Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in June 2016

About 44,000 rooms may be short in 2020 in Japan, seriously in Tokyo and Osaka

Japan Tourism Agency requests a budget of 37,363 million JPY for FY2017, 50% more than the FY2016 budget

‘Japan Travel Month’ will start on September 21 2016 in tie-up with sports and culture

Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa in June 2016

Peach Aviation, Japanese LCC, takes advantage of AI for 24-hours and 365 days automatic phone service

Seoul is the most popular short-haul destination in the late summer 2016 for Japanese travelers

Japan ranks 2nd as a destination Chinese travelers want to visit within a year - Hotels.com survey

Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in July 2016

Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa in June 2016

The sharing economy market scale in Japan expanded by 22% to 28.5 billion JPY in FY2015

ANA outnumbered JAL in terms of international flight passengers in the summer vacation period 2016

Stronger Yen encourages 60% of Japanese experienced overseas travelers to have next plans - CCC survey

Travel planners for Japan within a year account for 30% in nine Asian countries

Rakuten Travel and Jalan were two top travel-related websites in Japan in June 2016

Active SNS users in Japan are expected to increase to 68.7 million by the end of 2016

International visitors to Japan were up 19% in July 2016

Japanese overseas travelers were up 8.9% to 1.42 million in July 2016