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Japan’s leading travel company JTB invests to a restaurant booking platform to promote gastronomy tourism

Japan is the most-searched destination in APAC for this summer on Google Flight

ANA achieved the first full-year profit in the last three fiscal year, expecting to recover international flight demand to 80% by the end of FY2023

Japan National Tourism Organization accelerates actions for full- recovery of the inbound travel market

A Japanese startup regional airline launches a fan community club, for which NFT arts are sold, before starting its service

Japanese travel fintech service ‘HafH’ founder talks about his ambition to redesign the world with a new business model

EXPO 2025 Osaka Kansai promotes ‘Tourism + EXPO’ to spread its effects nationwide

HIS, a leading travel company of Japan, still struggle with 70% fewer overseas travel bookings during Golden Week than 2019

Japanese outbound travel market was still inactive with just 690,000 travelers in March 2023

International arrivals were 1.82 million in March 2023 particularly boosted by U.S. and Australia

Spending in Japan by international traveler in the first quarter of 2023 exceeded 1 trillion JPY, despite reduction of shopping cost

Overseas travel sales of 43 major travel companies in Japan in February 2023 still remained 60% less than 2019

Okinawa Prefecture draws up a tourism promotion basic plan to become a sustainable destination to be selected in the world

JAL Group LCC ZIPAIR operates year-round zero CO2 flights on the Narita-Honolulu route

Airbnb Japan partners Kansai Tourism Bureau for inbound tourism promotions toward Osaka Kansai EXPO 2025

The Japanese government approves a IR plan in Osaka to develop large-scale MICE venues in 2029

Japan Adventure Tourism Organization launches Adventure Tourism Academy with JAL and JTB to develop human resources and promotional activities

A Japanese railway company launches a share office booking service nationwide on its own app

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai will be a complete cashless event, offering its original e-money and point reward

JTB forecasts 24.5 million domestic travelers in Japan and 200,000 outbound travelers from Japan during this year’s Golden Week holidays

Chinese travelers entering Japan are no longer required negative certificate on April 5

A World Heritage island in Okinawa Prefecture draws up a new tourism management plan to limit 1,200 visitors a day for sustainability

Japan Tourism Agency shows four pillars of how local tourism plays promote DX to improve destination management

Japan Association of Travel Agents launches a year-round promotion project to boost Japanese outbound travel

Expedia unveils the top 10-searched destinations by Japanese consumers for this coming Golden Week holiday period

The Japanese government approves a new basic tourism promotion plan to seek quality of travelers rather than the numerical goal in the inbound travel market

ANA will augment its China network, serving daily flights for Beijing and two flights a day for Shanghai from Haneda

How much economic impacts are Osaka EXPO, IR and Linear Shinkansen generating in Kansai area?

Nissan ties up with local DMO in Aomori to create ‘easy camping car’ tours, expecting to solve the secondary transportation issue

ANA seriously tries to reduce food losses on international flights with two new options

Japanese GenZ pay more attention to sustainability in traveling than other generations, especially feeling trashes in a destination as a big issue

Hong Kong-based experience booking platform Klook CEO reveals Japan was the top destinations in sales in 2022

JTB partners a health-tech company to strengthen medical tourism for luxury inbound travelers to Japan

Japanese outbound travelers reached 540,000 from 18 local airports in addition to major airports in February 2023

International arrivals recovered to 1.5 million with more arrivals from Singapore and Middle East than 2019

Japan Tourism Agency draws up a plan to boost outbound travel with three actions

Booking.com collected the most word-of-mouth postings in Japan, according to TrustYou

Queen Elizabeth will restart Japan cruises in April 2023, stopping by Ishigaki, Hakata, Miyako, Aburatsu and Otaru for the first time

JAL will resume flights for China in this summer, serving three flights a day on Haneda-Shanghai routes

Japan Customer Satisfaction Index 2022 selects four hotels in the annual top 10 overall

ANA unveils products and services of its new international brand ‘Air Japan’ with a business model in between FSC and LCC

British Airways will extend its Haneda network to 11 flights a week on March 26

Wealthy population in Japan is estimated at 1.5 million households, including 90,000 super-rich people

Japan Tourism Agency launches a public-private committee to encourage companies to introduce telework and Workcation rules

Veltra, a Japanese leading experience booking platform, extends partnership with Tiqets for API connection to increase sales channels

Japanese government has eased entry restrictions from mainland China and allowed airlines to fly to local airports since March 1

Issued Japanese passports increased in 2022, but valid passport holders decreased

Labour shortage in Japan is outstanding in hotels or ryokans as almost 80% of those say ‘yes’

Kansai Tourism Bureau partners with Mastercard to accelerate digital payment for tourists in Osaka Expo 2025

Four ‘Flying Car’ operators in Osaka Expo are selected as a step to commercialization in Japan