Latest News Kyoto City provides tourist information in early morning and night to ease daytime over-tourism Nov 06, 2019 Japanese in-destination activity booking platform ‘asoview!’ join Reserve With Google for inbound travelers Nov 06, 2019 The first Tourism EXPO Japan 2019 in Osaka features Kansai area and digital travel Nov 06, 2019 Payment with WeChat Pay can now be acceptable in LINE Pay membership shops in Japan Nov 01, 2019 Spending in Japan by international visitors reached record-high for the third quarter of 2019 Oct 31, 2019 Increase in international visitors is an opportunity for young Japanese generation to rediscover Japan Oct 30, 2019 Japanese independent airliner Skymark will fly into Narita with its first international Saipan services and domestic Chubu services Oct 29, 2019 Tourism EXPO Japan 2019 kicks off with messages toward future by world’s tourism leaders in Osaka Oct 28, 2019 Japan’s leading trading firm ties up with a catalog gift platform, targeting luxury Chinese travelers Oct 26, 2019 MaaS demonstration tests connecting airports in Tokyo city center will be performed jointly by JTB and transportation partners Oct 25, 2019 Visitors from South Korea to Japan reduced further in September 2019, dropping to the lowest level since May 2014 Oct 24, 2019 Japanese overseas travelers up 7.4% to 1.75 million in September 2019 Oct 23, 2019 International visitors to Japan up 5.2% in September 2019, boosted by an increase in visitors for Rugby World Cup Oct 22, 2019 The ratio of Instagram users among young Japanese females reaches 70% Oct 18, 2019 Japanese railway of Kyushu forms partnership with Ctrip to encourage Chinese travelers to visit Kyushu Oct 17, 2019 Visitors to Japan from China, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan in August 2019 are compared year on year Oct 16, 2019 Japan is No.1 country for Chinese travelers to pay with Alipay in the National Day holiday period 2019 Oct 14, 2019 Japanese travelers to South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in August 2019 are compared year on year Oct 11, 2019 International visitors’ nights in Japan up 5.1% in July 2019, despite a 10% reduction of South Korean Oct 11, 2019 What do international visitors expect in nighttime economy in Tokyo? The survey says museum and zoo is preferred Oct 10, 2019 Japanese travelers to Australia, Canada and New Zealand in June 2019 are compared year on year Oct 09, 2019 JAL-affiliated Japanese GDS AXESS terminates its business, and JAL forms partnership with Amadeus Oct 08, 2019 United Airlines will add three Kansai-Guam flights a week in this coming winter, expecting higher leisure demand Oct 04, 2019 ANA is selected as the most valuable websites in Web Equity Ranking 2019 of Japan, followed by JAL Oct 04, 2019 JNTO explains its promotion strategies including approaches to the South Korean market in trouble Oct 03, 2019 Europe-based meta-search ‘Omio’ launches its service in Japanese Oct 03, 2019 A major Japanese railway forms partnership with Alibaba for Chinese customer journey in western Japan Oct 01, 2019 TripAdvisor eliminated 5% of fake word-of-mouths and imposed penalties on 35,000 facilities in the past year Sep 28, 2019 Skymark will launch its first scheduled international service between Narita and Saipan by the end of 2019 Sep 27, 2019 Airbnb estimates revenue to hosts in Japan reach 4.9 billion JPY in total during Rugby World Cup 2019 Sep 26, 2019 Japanese overseas travelers up 3.7% to 2.1 million in August 2019 Sep 25, 2019 International visitors to Japan down 2.2% in August 2019, affected by a 50% decrease in Korean visitors Sep 25, 2019 30% of business travelers spend one or more hours in booking their business trips Sep 21, 2019 Major DMOs in western Japan work together to attract long stay international travelers Sep 21, 2019 Airbnb forms partnership with Kobe City in Japan for farm stay to attract agri-inbound travelers Sep 20, 2019 20% decrease in seat availability is found on Japan-South Korea routes - OAG analysis Sep 19, 2019 A major Japanese railway company ties up with Klook to sell combination of in-destination products with railway pass Sep 18, 2019 Accommodations in 12 Rugby World Cup host cities of Japan are more searched in favorite countries - Expedia survey Sep 18, 2019 Japan Tourism Agency unveils a basic policy draft for IR development Sep 13, 2019 Private Accommodation registrations in Japan reach 18,000 as of August 2019, nine times more than a year earlier Sep 13, 2019 The 9th Japan-China-South Korea Tourism Summit signs a joint communique for mutual tourism cooperation Sep 13, 2019 Cool Japan Fund invests 1.1 billion yen to KKday, a Taiwan-based local tour booking platform, in partnership for in-destination spending in Japan Sep 12, 2019 Ministry of Transport decides to allocate 50 additional international daytime slots a day of Haneda Airport to 9 countries Sep 12, 2019 The expanding cashless market of Japan is forecasted to grow to a market scale of 10 trillion JPY in FY2021 Sep 06, 2019 New York-based discount ticketing service TKTS opens in Tokyo and Osaka Sep 05, 2019 Booking.com announces Japanese city ranking in terms of bookings by international visitors in the first half of 2019 Sep 04, 2019 Narita Airport enriches terminal services for night flights, extending operation hours of tenant shops Sep 04, 2019 Ministry of Transport requests a budget of 450 billion JPY for airport developments in FY2020 Sep 03, 2019 Japanese spending to domestic travel increased by 17% year on year on Q2 of 2019, though the average spending a traveler for overnight trip was down Aug 31, 2019 Korean Air considerably reduces Japan services and instead extends network for Southeast Asia and China Aug 30, 2019
