Latest News Undersea travel project is unveiled to launch the service in April 2021, joined by JTB and ANA Sales Jun 20, 2019 The Japanese government clarifies roles of local DMO and JNTO for the inbound tourism policy Jun 19, 2019 Japan Tourism Agency acknowledges overtourism as one of the priority issues to be solved Jun 18, 2019 WiT Japan organizers talk about what travel leaders discuss in this year’s WiT in July Jun 18, 2019 Japanese communication technology company KKDI ties up with NAVITIME for the future 5G-based MaaS Jun 15, 2019 Airbnb signs a partnership agreement with Shinjuku, Tokyo for healthy private accommodation Jun 14, 2019 Japanese visas issued to foreigners reached record-high 6.95 million in 2018 Jun 13, 2019 ANA-affiliated GDS INFINI is appointed as an official distributor of Sabre’s global solutions in Japan Jun 12, 2019 International visitors’ nights in Japan were up 23.5% in March 2019, especially boosted by visitors from India and Vietnam Jun 11, 2019 Kamakura City in Japan visualizes tourist movements to ease over tourism Jun 07, 2019 35 percent of Japanese people travel during this year’s Golden Week with up to 10 consecutive holidays Jun 06, 2019 60s smart phone users increase to the same level as PC users in Japan Jun 05, 2019 Tourism Ministry of Japan enriches demographic data for flow of foreigners in Japan Jun 04, 2019 JTB posts the largest net loss ever for FY2018 due to poor business performances of its overseas subsidiaries Jun 04, 2019 Three airports in Kansai area expand cashless payment services for Chinese travelers for stress-free shopping May 31, 2019 Internet users on mobile phones exceeds 70 million in Japan, doubling mobile payment users to 27 million May 30, 2019 Japanese domestic travel consumption reduced by 5.3% in the first quarter of 2019, while travel unite price slightly rose May 29, 2019 Japanese overseas travelers up 22% to 1.66 million in April 2019 May 28, 2019 International visitors to Japan were up 0.9% only in April 2019 with double-digit reductions in Korea and Taiwan May 27, 2019 Forty percent of international visitors book domestic flight tickets in Japan on their mobile phones May 25, 2019 Driving a car is effective to encourage international visitors to tour local regions in Hokkaido May 25, 2019 Domestic travel consumption in Japan in 2018 resulted in YOY reduction for the first time in the past four years May 25, 2019 A major purpose for American travelers to visit Japan is cultural experience May 25, 2019 Over-tourism solution trial project in Kyoto works dispersal in Arashiyama Region by controlling time and place May 21, 2019 Hawaiian Airlines restarts Fukuoka services as early as November 2019 May 18, 2019 60% of international visitors to Kyushu prepare online communication tools before their departures May 17, 2019 Awareness of ‘Staycation’ is low in Japan with experiences of only 16% May 16, 2019 ANA partners Kaga City of Japan for tourism promotions through the ANA’s innovation initiatives including Avatar May 15, 2019 The market scale of sharing economy in Japan is estimated at 1.9 trillion JPY in 2018 May 14, 2019 ANA ends FY2018 with record-high operating revenue of more than 2 trillion JPY May 03, 2019 JAL ended FY2018 with increases both in revenue and profit, achieving record-high load factor May 02, 2019 Travel spending in Japan by international visitors was sluggish in the first quarter of 2019 May 01, 2019 Local activity booking service ‘Klook’ enters the Japan market in earnest with its unique offerings Apr 30, 2019 JNTO says, “We should share difficult reality for the goal of 40 million international visitors to Japan in 2020.” Apr 30, 2019 The largest railway company of Japan signs a strategic partnership with Ctrip for Chinese visitors to eastern Japan Apr 26, 2019 Travel spending in Japan by international visitors totaled 4.5 trillion JPY in 2018 Apr 25, 2019 Japanese overseas travelers up 6.8% to 1.93 million in March 2019 Apr 24, 2019 International visitors to Japan up 5.8% in March 2019 with fewer visitors from South Korea, Hong Kong and Australia Apr 24, 2019 ANA makes a start in development of a NDC platform in collaboration with the Ireland-based system partner Apr 23, 2019 Shibuya City produces a video to encourage foreigners to go beyond the Scramble Crossing Apr 19, 2019 Japanese travelers to Australia up 7.9% to 469,200 in 2018, seeing growths for five years in a row Apr 18, 2019 JAL’s LCC ZIPAIR unveils its unique aircraft livery and crew uniforms Apr 17, 2019 Booking.com accelerates vacation rental and Booking Experience businesses in Japan Apr 17, 2019 The Fair Trade Commission of Japan conducted on-site inspections of Rakuten Travel, Booking.com and Expedia on antitrust suspicion Apr 16, 2019 TripAdvisor Travelers Choice chooses Singapore Airlines as the world’s top, followed by JAL as 5th and ANA as 10th Apr 12, 2019 The world’s 6th largest hotel chain OYO announced to launch a hotel business in Japan with Softbank with its high dynamic pricing technologies Apr 11, 2019 Japanese travelers are expected to reach 24.7 million in 10 consecutive Golden Week holidays 2019, with much more longer stay overseas travelers - JTB forecast Apr 10, 2019 Bedsonline strengthens its wholesale business in Japan, providing travel agents with an inventory of 180,000 hotels Apr 09, 2019 Online travel-oriented WiT JAPAN 2019 invites Startup Pitch entries Apr 08, 2019 Fukuchiyama of Kyoto becomes the first LINE Partnership City in Japan for tourism promotions Apr 05, 2019
