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JNTO survey finds 40% of travelers from Taiwan and Hong Kong have visited Japan four times or more

Japanese tourism organizations and transportation companies demand ease of travel restrictions to the Transport Minister

ANA restarts serving A380 flights for Hawaii in July, expecting the demand will soar in this summer

ANA and JAL considerably increased passengers for Golden Week holiday period without any travel restrictions

HIS, a major travel agent in Japan, launches a farm company to sell agriculture products

The best ‘must-go-flower park’ in Japan is ‘Ashikaga Flower Park’ with gorgeous spring wisteria in Tochigi Prefecture

KNT, a major Japanese travel agent, restarts dynamic package tours for Guam and Hawaii

Okinawa expects to restore incoming tourists well even after the Golden Week holiday period

JAL forecasts to end in the black for FY2022, expecting to recover international passengers to 45% of pre-COVID-19

ANA X becomes a partner with Agoda to launch a new accommodation booking site

HIS offers a package of nine services to sweep away concerns about overseas travel for Japanese travelers

A Japanese travel industry organization clarifies guidelines to perform overseas travel tours amid the pandemic

ANA Holdings considerably improved annual deficits for FY2021, expecting to make a profit for FY2022

Japanese travel companies see an increases in overseas travel bookings for this summer

JNTO virtual tours and cross-border e-commerce on the Alibaba platform were joined by 1.35 million Chinese viewers

A collective app in Kansai area of Japan for international visitors will be launched, assisted by USJ in marketing

Japanese luxury accommodation OTA launches its original SNS to create a user community

ANA Group and partners launch a concierge brand for luxury travelers to create unique and rich experiences

ANA and JAL have seen remarkable recoveries in their international flight bookings for a big holiday period in Japan

ZIP AIR, JAL Group LCC, will serve daily flights for Honolulu during this year’s summer vacation period

JTB and HIS will restart selling package tours for Hawaii, supporting PCR test in returning to Japan

The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry requests government's initiatives for tourism recovery, including effective operation of Go To Travel

Tourism Australia develops a large scale of advertising campaign for Japan, appealing local experiences and free entry

Unreasonable challenges remain in entry into Japan, taking three hours to leave an airport, even though restrictions are eased

Yokohama launches a tourism support campaign for travelers from Kanto area except Tokyo

Japanese guest nights in Japan were down 32% in February 2022 compared to two years ago

Sales of 1110 travel companies in Japan reduced to one-third of pre-pandemic, losing 2 trillion JPY

Japanese domestic travelers are expected to increase by 68% to 16 million during this Golden Week period, JTB forecasts

JATA sent a delegation to Hawaii as the first step for reopening of overseas travel, hoping to restart package tour this summer

HIS decides to sell out its 100% subsidiary HTB Energy with excess of debt, stepping out from the energy business

Virtual tourism tour combined with live e-commerce for Kagoshima was broadcasted to Chinese high-end consumers

Telecom Square begins offering a contactless Wi-Fi router rental service in Japan’s major international airports

Japanese younger travelers spend more money for a day trip - research by Recruit Co.

A subscription service for leisure facilities is marketed at 1,980 JPY a month

ANA Group’s Metaverse platform firm raises 4.5 billion JPY from nine finance organizations

JTB forecasts a 97% increase in domestic travelers in 2022, despite a concern about lower demand due to rise in prices

JAL flight subscription service may create new demands, as the survey finds 75% traveled to unexpected destinations

JAL will raise domestic airfares by 3 to 8% on April 15 due to rise in fuel cost

Japan Association of Travel Agents sends its first delegation to Hawaii to push forward restart of overseas tours

Booking.com gives up demanding the lowest prices to accommodation partners, according to a request from Fair Trade Commission of Japan

Metaverse space of Kyoto City opens in a virtual space Shibuya to deliver tradition and tourism attractions

Ads on digital signages are networked in six airports in Japan, helping them acquire consumer data through AI-cameras

OYO Japan changes its corporate and brand names. What is a reason and its new strategy?

Japanese government will expand subsidies for domestic travel to a regional block on April 1 before nationwide Go To Travel

Oricon, an entertainment data provider in Japan, enters a vacation rental market in Asia

Nippon Travel Agency organizes a SDGs-themed metaverse event, offering chances for avatars to move in the virtual space

GenZ finds preferable merchandise on SNS much more frequently than before, but still prefers to street shopping

‘Travelco’ is the most-satisfied meta-search in Japan for both air ticket and hotel, followed by ‘Google Travel’ as 2nd

ANA unveils its new middle-range international airline brand ‘Air Japan’ as a hybrid airline between FSC and LCC

Google talks about search data-based travel trends in APAC , revealing searches for ‘sustainability’ skyrocket in Japan