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SkyDrive, a a Japanese ‘flying car’ developer, performed a demonstration flight of ‘SkyDrive SD-05’ flying car in EXPO Vertiport. Passenger point-to-point flight or circulation flight is slated for this coming summer.

Japanese GenZ (18 to 29 years old)'s travel preferences are different between males and females. Male GenZ prefers to ‘sole travel (25.2%),’ and among female GenZ, the top is ‘travel for gourmet (52.4%),’

Condé Nast Japan, a publisher of VOGUE JAPAN or GQ JAPAN, and Deloitte Tohmatsu (Deloitte Japan) have launched a new consultation service for businesses or PR activities for luxury international travelers to Japan.

Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 opened with a theme of ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’ on April 13 2025. Before the official opening, the pavilions were opened to media. The organizer expects 28.2 million visitors in total.

HIS turned into the first black for the FY2024 (November 1 2023 to October 31 2024) in five fiscal years, posting net profit of 8,717 million yen (2,628 million yen inn deficit last year). All of the segments grew by double digit or more.

Trip.com is focusing on sending its global users to local regions in Japan. Sunny Sun, Trip.com Group Vice President, said at an interview with Travel Voice, "“We are introducing unknown charms in Japan."

The number of tourists visiting the world-famous winter resort Hakuba Village, Nagano, Japan was up 14% year on year to record-high 1.3 million during the winter season.

Hopper launched an online travel booking platform ‘V Trip’ for credit card members and V members of Sumitomo Mitsui Card. Dakota Smith, Hooper President and Cofounder talked about V Trip and how it develops its business in Japan.

JTB has forecasted that Japanese travelers during this coming Golden Week holiday period (April 25 to May 7 2025) will reduce by 6.9% year on year to 23.5 million, and outbound travelers are forecasted to increase by 10%.

Travel Voicer re-examined the problem of over-tourism. It defines the situation in the world, explains Japan's current situation, and has published a report to solve and curb over-tourism.

Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) has issued the “Motto Kaigai-e, Sengen(More! Overseas Declaration in English)” in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA).

Bookings by international travelers to Japan on the booking site ‘WILLER TRAVEL’ increased by 25% in this spring break period from March 20 to April 10 2025.

The Setouchi Triennale 2025 will open on April 18, 2025, running for 107 days in total in spring, summer and fall separately.

Japanet Tourism, a Japanet Group, a Japan’s leading mail order company, signed a business partnership with MSC Cruises for another five years.

sales of 43 major travel companies in January 2025 were up 3.0% year on year to 230.5 billion yen, and sales in package tours in total almost halved to 48.5 billion yen In comparison with January 2019.

VELTRA, a Japanese local experience booking platform, signed a business partnership with MSC Cruises to launch a cruise booking platform ‘VELTRA Cruise.’

JAL Group made up a Rolling Plan 2025 to accomplish goals under Medium-Term Management Plan FY2021-2025, targeting EBIT of 230 billion yen in FY2028 by creating new businesses to solve social challenges.

The number of Japanese outbound travelers in February 2025 was up 20.7% year on year to 1,181,200, still 23.0% fewer travelers than February in 2019.

The number of international visitors to Japan in February 2025 was up 16.9% year on year to 3,258,100, marking the first over 3 million in February for the first time.

Tobu Railway will begin serving a luxury bus ‘SPACIA X NIKKO CRUISER’ in Nikko area in October 2025, connecting with the railway’s special express train ‘SPACIA X’ from Tokyo.