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Japanese government starts issuing 'digital nomad’ visa to foreigners with annual income of 10 million JPY or more in 50 countries or regions

Japan Tourism Agency selects 20 pioneer model areas for prevention of over-tourism

JAL launches corporate SAF program to issue reliable CO2 reduction certificate

Cross-border mobile payment ‘Alipay+’ member stores in Japan exceed 2 million

Tokyo Metro forms a capital and business alliance with BtoB e-ticket platform Linktivity to develop packaged ‘Tokyo City Pass’

Japanese OTA for high-end accommodation opens an overseas hotel booking platform in tie-ups with Expedia

Private Jet membership service for 72 airports nationwide is launched in Japan

HIS, a Japanese leading travel company, launches a new accommodation booking platform with unique properties only

Delta Air Lines expands seat capacity in APAC in 2024, optimizing the joint venture with Korean Air

Japanese outbound travelers still recovered slowly in February 2024

International visitors to Japan were record-high 2.8 million for February

Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan makes a partnership with experience booking platform Klook to invite more inbound tourists

Hakone Town and Miyazu City in Japan are selected as Green Destinations Top 100 2024

Airbnb Japan launches unsecured ‘Home-Sharing Loan’ to renovate abandoned houses in partnership with a financial service provider

Kaga City in Japan works together with Uber for a ride-sharing service managed by a local DMO

Activity booking system ‘JTB BÓKUN’ completes API integration with a food experience booking platform for inbound travelers to Japan

Airport Limousine of Japan begins selling e-tickets on 400 foreign-based OTAs through e-ticket booking platform Linktivity

JTB develops new tour routes in Hokkaido and Tohoku for inbound travelers, incorporating adventure travel contents

Japanese navigation app NAVITIME links to Uber taxi app for inbound travelers

The most Japanese ski resorts for the last decade went bankrupt in 2023 due to shortage of snow

Travel + Leisure acquires a traditional Japanese inn in Nagano Japan to rebrand to Club Wyndham

American Airlines will launch daily JFK-Haneda services in June 2024, enhancing the joint venture with JAL

Japanese passport issues were up 2.8 times to 3.4 million in 2023, with half issued to 30 years old or younger

Port calls of foreign-based cruise ships in Japan in 2023 recovered to 63% of the peak in 2017

60% of Japanese people agree to dual-pricing for inbound travelers, while 50% of 60s disagree

Cherry blossoms blooming is forecasted on March 18 in Tokyo first, and full blooming is expected to be earlier nationwide

ikyu.com is top OTA in Japan for Net Promoter Score, followed by Rakuten Travel and Expedia

Expedia CEO said the OTA giant is strengthening investment to Japan, developing a new marketing campaign

Three prefectures in Hokuriku will start receiving bookings for financial aid package on March 8 2024, encouraging leisure travel in the earthquake-hit regions

Japanese outbound travelers in January 2024 increased by 90% year on year, but still decreased by 40% over 2019

International visitors to Japan from 10 source markets reached record-high for January

A community website for Asian travelers to Japan launches a new SNS with a simultaneous translation function

Emirates will introduce A380 on the Dubai-Kansai route on June 1 2024, increasing available seats to 900 seats a week on the route

Kaga City in Ishikawa Prefecture introduces Uber app for a ride-share service by general drivers

Airbnb hosts offer secondary shelters to victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake through the non-profit organization

Japan Tourism Agency reveals outlines of a travel discount program in the devastated Hokuriku, but opening date is not decided yet

ANA sells air tickets on trip.com through NDC, making possible flight change, repayment or purchase of additional options

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