Latest News JTB demonstrates VR customer services in 12 retail shops in Kyushu Aug 31, 2018 Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Australia, Canada and New Zealand in April 2018 Aug 30, 2018 Japanese domestic travelers down, but expenditures a traveler up in Q2 of 2018 Aug 30, 2018 Taiwanese travel booking app ‘FunNow’ plans to extend its business to Tokyo, financially supported by Alibaba Aug 28, 2018 Japanese activity booking platform ‘Tabinaka’ acquires a local activity company in Bali, Indonesia Aug 28, 2018 A major reason for Chinese travelers to do shopping in Japan is ‘there is no fake thing’ Aug 25, 2018 Japanese overseas travelers up 5.2% to 1.56 millions in July 2018 Aug 23, 2018 International visitors to Japan reached 2.83 million with record-high Chinese visitors in July 2018 Aug 23, 2018 Use of Wi-Fi in a hotel is the most satisfactory in Japanese business trips, but less than half in Shinkansen Aug 21, 2018 Voyagin, the activity booking site of Rakuten Group, launches a ticket selling service for Japanese overseas travelers Aug 17, 2018 Domestic overnight trip rate in Japan improved, and travel expenses increased in FY2017 - Jalan.net survey Aug 16, 2018 Expedia survey finds that Japanese travelers like major chain hotels Aug 15, 2018 Comparison of the top 5 Japanese travel agents’ results in May 2018 Aug 14, 2018 ‘Amazon Effect’ helps reduction of travel product prices in Japan? Aug 11, 2018 Airbnb local experience bookings in Japan are the second most in the world Aug 10, 2018 Profitable theme parks and amusement parks in Japan reduced in 2017 Aug 10, 2018 Narita achieved its first over 20 million passengers in the first half of FY2018 Aug 08, 2018 JAL forms a preparatory company TBL for its new LCC services based on Narita Aug 08, 2018 Tourism EXPO Japan in September 2018 agendas on business days, including Digital Marketing symposium, are announced Aug 03, 2018 TripAdvisor is trying to increase local experience suppliers in Japan, appealing several merits Aug 03, 2018 Comparison of the top 5 Japanese travel agents’ results in April 2018 Aug 02, 2018 Google says searches about travel in Japan were up 25% a year in the past three years Aug 01, 2018 JTB releases JTB Report 2018 for the Japanese outbound travel market Jul 31, 2018 Japan Tourism Agency supports eight cities to attract international conventions Jul 27, 2018 The most-used payment means in Japan is cash with a share of 90%, followed by credit card Jul 26, 2018 Japanese overseas travelers up 6.4% to 1.42 millions in June 2018 Jul 25, 2018 International visitors to Japan reached 15.9 million for the first half of 2018 Jul 24, 2018 Fukuoka City and Expedia launch a tourism partnership Jul 20, 2018 OTA becomes a major booking site for overseas travel in Japan, reaching the ratio of 22% Jul 19, 2018 Japan’s outbound travel market is now boosted by young travelers rather than senior travelers Jul 19, 2018 Internet users on smart phone outnumber those on PC for the first time in Japan Jul 18, 2018 LINE Travel forms a capital alliance with Japanese travel meta-search Travel.jp Jul 18, 2018 JTB provides high-end travel products on Amazon Prime Day for the first time Jul 13, 2018 ANA becomes the most satisfied airline for the first time in the past 11 years - AB-ROAD Research Jul 12, 2018 Both Japanese cruise travelers and inbound cruise travelers reached record-high in 2017 Jul 11, 2018 Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in April 2018 Jul 10, 2018 Japanese overseas travelers are expected to be up 4.1% to 2.83 million in this coming summer holidays Jul 10, 2018 LINE, the most popular communication app in Japan, enters the travel market as a meta-search platform Jul 07, 2018 Smart phone users of 50 years old or older in Japan are up 30% in May 2018, accounting for the largest share by age Jul 05, 2018 Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa in March 2018 Jul 03, 2018 Web In Travel Japan 2018 opens with discussions about private accommodation and Instagram effects on the first day Jul 02, 2018 Ninety percent of all international visitors to Kyushu enter from airports and seaports in Kyushu Jun 30, 2018 The C2C market scale of travel and home sharing in Japan is expected to reach 84 billion JPY in FY2017 Jun 28, 2018 Japanese overseas travelers up 5.0% to 1.38 millions in May 2018 Jun 28, 2018 International visitors to Japan up 16% with a 30% increase in Chinese visitors in May 2018 Jun 28, 2018 How does digitalization change Japanese travelers’ behaviors in traveling? JTB Tourism Research & Consulting survey Jun 26, 2018 International overnight stays outnumber Japanese overnight stays in Kyoto in April 2018 Jun 23, 2018 The Japanese government announces an action plan 2018 for the tourism policy Jun 22, 2018 Regular international visitors to Tokyo account for a half of the total in 2017 Jun 21, 2018 The private accommodation law is enforced with just 2,707 host registrations in Japan Jun 19, 2018
