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Japanese AI speaker provider TradFit launches a new service to recommend a right hotel in a destination based on smartphone data

Europe Travel Commission vitalizes the Japan market for sooner recovery, appealing sustainable tourism through gastronomy or railway travel

Spare-time job offerings by hotels in Japan reached record-high in December 2023 due to serious labor shortage

JTB releases hospitality packages of Major League Baseball opening games in Seoul at lowest 498,000 JPY for one game

Foreigners’ guest nights in Japan were up 32% in December 2023 compared to pre-pandemic

JAL will launch daily Haneda-Doha service on March 31 2024 as the first direct flights to Middle East city by a Japanese airline

EXPO 2025 Osaka Kansai is expected to generate 891.3 billion JPY in spending by visitors

JTB works together with Asahi Breweries to create ‘night-time economy’ contents for inbound travelers to Japan

ANA revises the full-year financial forecast upward, considerably increasing revenue from passenger flight business

Narita Airport recovered international flight passengers to 70% of the pre-pandemic level in 2023 due to surge in inbound travelers

SNS and map app are more used as tools for collecting tourism information among Japanese travelers, and AI is more used during traveling

ANA signs a strategic partnership with Trip.com Group to increase Chinese travelers to Japan, opening a flagship shop on its website and app

Japanese regions ranks 3rd to 10th in the latest top 10 destinations attracting Asian travelers

A tourism aid package for four prefectures hit by Noto Peninsula Earthquake is approved, discounting up to 30,000 JPY for a two-nights tour

Spending in Japan by international travelers in 2023 reached record-high 5.3 trillion JPY

JTB CEO talks about business focuses in 2024, from a product strategy to new tour routes for inbound travelers

Japanese outbound travelers were 9.6 million in 2023, not reaching half of those in 2019

Japan welcomed more than 25 million international visitors in 2023, 80% of the pre-pandemic level

JAL appoints former cabin attendant as its first female president

Japan's leading travel agent HIS launches a new service for group travel to Hawaii, proposing a team-building program to corporate travel

185 famous restaurants in Kyoto City work together to offer winter-limited menus with transparent prices for inbound travelers

Japanese people who prefer to be alone has significantly increased across all generations, with 54% saying they prefer to be alone

Japanese taxi app ‘GO’ prepares for a ride-share service in Japan, supporting to taxi companies and local governments

Japan Association of Travel Agents is focusing on revival of outbound travel and high value travel through 2024 as challenging themes

Guest nights in Japan by both Japanese and foreigners finally exceeded the pre-pandemic level for three consecutive months

An IR plan of Nagasaki Prefecture is not approved because of an uncertain fund rising plan

JAL Group ZIP AIR will launch Narita-Vancouver services on March 13 2024 as its fourth North America route

Tokyo Metro tests a new multi-language service transcribing voice station announcement on a smartphone without an app

Free telephone interpretation service is provided for foreigners in Japan devastated by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake

JTB estimates the most-ever inbound travelers of 33.1 million to Japan in 2024, but outbound travelers are still expected to recover slowly

Recovery of Japanese outbound travelers was still slow with 1 million in November 2023

International arrivals in Japan already exceeded 20 million, adding 2.4 million in November 2023

Ride-sharing will be approved firstly for taxi operators in Japan in April 2024 and then extended to consumer-to-consumer service

ANA received the most bookings ever for Hawaii, and JAL 34% more bookings for Europe in this coming New Year holidays

The most-searched tourist spot on navigation app NAVITIME Japan in 2023 was Universal Studio Japan for two years in a row

Total sales of 43 Japanese major travel companies in October 2023 decreased by 23% over 2019

ANA launches a new virtual trip app, eyeing creation of a community and services for daily life as an entrance to an ANA economic zone

40% of Japanese people are willing to travel overseas within a year, but they are concerned about exchange rate and security

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China reveals visa wavier has given a big impact to the inbound travel market, increasing foreign visitors by 39% in December

A Japanese e-ticket management system provider partners Sapporo City to promote business jet tours at Okadama Airport

Hankyu a major Japanese travel agent, and NAVITIME JAPAN work together to develop tours for inbound luxury travelers

A major Japanese data company opens a capsule hotel specializing in sleep analysis as ‘sleep tech’

Amazon launches ‘Alexa’ for hotels as part of its first BtoB services, making bulk installation in a property possible

JTB forecasts total number of Japanese travelers during this coming New Year holidays will almost recover with record-high average domestic travel expenses

Japan National Tourism Organization launches a special website for Osaka Kansai EXPO, encouraging inbound travelers to visit local areas

Airbnb Japan introduces its first new functions exclusively forJapan, reflecting the current trends of increases in group guests and stays in local areas

‘U.S.-Japan Tourism Year 2024’ is launched to strengthen tourism and business exchanges between the two countries

How should the Japan’s outbound market be boosted? 23 million Japanese people intend to travel abroad

30% of Japanese people say that they want to travel abroad in the New Year holidays if they do not consider cost

A tour to stay in a mountain cabin at the 5th station of Mt. Fuji in the winter is available at 79,200 JPY a person