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E-ticket booking platform Linktivity of Japan bridges digital railway tickets in Kansai and Kanto with more than 400 OTAs worldwide

Newly launched travel or accommodation businesses in Japan exceeded 1,500 in 2023 for the first time in the last four years

Experience booking Klook launches ‘eSIM’ in its app, available for 60 countries for now

The climbing regulations to Mt. Fuji will start on July 1 2024 as a solution to avoid ‘over-tourism’

Climbers’ traffic data of Mt. Fuji is acquired to grasp climbing speed or holding time for a new regulation this summer

Japanese outbound travelers were 940,000 in May 2024, improving the reduction rate

International travel-tech summit ‘Digital Travel APAC’ will kick off in Singapore on August 14 2024 [PR]

International visitors to Japan exceeded 3 million in May 2024 for three consecutive months, with record-high in 19 source markets

JAL launches a platform connecting people between local areas and urban areas to solve local challenges

Tourism EXPO Japan will go to Aichi in 2025 for the first time, appealing tourism in Hokuriku after the devastated earthquake

Activity booking management system ‘JTB BÓKUN’ enables the users to deliver a variety of keys automatically to travelers

APA HOTEL of Japan completed purchase of Hilton Seattle, opening ‘Coast Seattle Downtown Hotel by APA’ as its first hotel in U.S.

Most prefectures in Japan target Taiwan first to attract tourists, followed by Australia and U.S., and China is 8th

Foreigners’ guest nights in Japan were up 17% in April 2024 compared to pre-pandemic

NTT, a Japanese communication solution provider, visualizes inbound travelers’ movements with free Wi-Fi data

Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto, the first Banyan Tree brand in Japan, will open in July this year

Tokyo Shibuya and Honolulu sign a sister city agreement to promote tourism exchanges

Club Tourism of Japan launches ‘solo travel’ tours for 30s to 50s females, forming a project team by the same generation

Japan’s IT solution provider Tripla launches a booking management system linking with local OTAs in Asia

Online sales of travel in Japan amounted to record-high 4.7 trillion yen in 2023, 1.7 trillion yen each for lodgings and air tickets

Hyatt-affiliated Japanese style ryokan will open in Yufu, Yakushima and Hakone in 2026, offering 30 to 50 luxury rooms

Japan, China and South Korea agree to boost cultural exchanges with a goal to increase trilateral travelers to 40 million in total by 2030

Eight railways in Kanto area transfer magnetic ticket to QR-code ticket on the companies-cross system

Total sales of 43 Japanese major travel companies in March recovered to a 6% decrease over 2019

A Japanese traveler spent 13% more money for domestic travel in Q1 of 2024 than 2019

ANA travel body starts selling dynamic package tours using other airlines’ flights than ANA

International Tourism Trade Show Tokyo became a new opportunity for the tourism industry of Japan to share knowledge about Wellness and DX

Visitors from Taiwan and Hong Kong to Japan are more interested in what Japanese people eat at home, paying attention to local supermarkets

WiT Japan 2024 shares knowledge of how to use GenAI for travel among travel-tech companies in Aisa

A pre-booking program for Mt. Fuji will be launched in July 2024, giving climbers wristbands for qualification

Trip.com received more travel bookings from China to Japan in Q1 of 2024 than 2019, increasing travelers to local areas

Japanese outbound travelers in April 2024 still remained half of April 2019

International visitors to Japan exceeded 3 million in April 2024 for two months in a row, already reaching 10 million in total

Foreigners’ guest nights in Japan were up 33% in March 2024 compared to pre-pandemic

A Japanese railway operator in Kansai area sells digital ticket on smartphone for WeChat Pay users of China

Narita Airport tests the face recognition boarding process on a passenger’s smartphone in linkage with ANA and JAL apps

South Korea’s unicorn OTA earnestly sets out to exploit accommodation partners in Japan

Marriott renovates 14 UNIZO Holdings’ hotels in Japan to Four Points Express by Sheraton, the first brand in APAC

Popularity of ‘Pets Tourism’ is rising in Japan, as two-thirds of dog owners hope to travel with their pets

85% of travel and hospitality business operators in Japan are forced to limit their operation hours due to labour shortage

Japanese remote workers in Tokyo remain 40% with more hybrid-typed works combing with coming into office

JAL achieved considerable increases in both revenue and profit for FY2023, carrying 1.5 times more international flight passengers

ANA posted record-high operating income for FY2023 with more international passenger revenue than domestic passenger revenue for the first time

Japan’s IT solution provider Tripla installs a multi-currency payment function in its booking engine for accommodations

A stay program in 400-years-old ‘Marugame Castle’ in Kagawa Prefecture will be on sale at 1.26 million JPY a night

Japan National Tourism Organization continues focusing on sending inbound travelers to local regions in FY2024

ANA unveils the TaaS platform concept for seamless travel, expanding travel opportunities without air

What are the reasons for foreigners to apply for Japanese ‘Digital Nomad’ visa started on April 1 2024?

Airbnb contributes $1 million to a Japan-U.S. regional tourism exchange program, sending Japanese tourism professionals to U.S.

JR Tokai, a train operator of Japan, will introduce luxury private rooms in Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train for executive passengers