Latest News Domestic travel consumption by Japanese was up 8.7% to 5.4 trillion JPY in the first quarter of FY2016 Aug 23, 2016 Instagram account holders account for about 20% of the total in Japan Aug 23, 2016 A real estate agency specializing in vacation rental is launched in Japan Aug 20, 2016 eBay Japan supports cross-border EC for local traditional arts and craft in Kyoto Aug 20, 2016 The most popular tourist places in Tokyo are Ginza for Chinese and Shibuya for Thai Aug 18, 2016 Rakuten Travel talks about expansion of its global business and use of AI in the future Aug 17, 2016 Google starts providing a restaurant booking service in tie-up with restaurant booking sites available in Japan Aug 17, 2016 Delta Air Lines will withdraw from three Narita routes as one of network reorganization including new Haneda routes Aug 17, 2016 Trustworthy information sources in Japan are word of mouth from a family or friends for women and reliable media for men Aug 16, 2016 The second Henn-na Hotel, served by robots, will open in Maihama, close to Tokyo Disney Resort, in 2017 Aug 12, 2016 The occupancy rate in Kyushu dropped by 5.5% in May 2016, affected by the Kumamoto Earthquake Aug 12, 2016 ANA outnumbers JAL in terms of international flight bookings for the summer vacation period 2016 Aug 11, 2016 Narita Airport expects 10% more international flight passengers in this summer vacation period Aug 10, 2016 Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in May 2016 Aug 10, 2016 What happens on the mobile travel market of China today? Report from Chinese travel media Travel Daily Aug 08, 2016 Skyscanner ties up with i.JTB for accommodation booking data in Japan Aug 06, 2016 Travel curation sites are growing fast, as Find Travel and RETRIP users triple a year Aug 06, 2016 Recruit Lifestyle survey shows Japanese male travelers alone in Japan continue increasing Aug 04, 2016 More than 50 million Chinese travelers a year visit APAC, and the most popular destination is Thailand Aug 04, 2016 Thailand is the country with the highest reputation for Japan Aug 02, 2016 JTB Report 2016 shows Japanese motivations to overseas travel pick up Aug 02, 2016 New-typed travel meta-search TRIPCON debuts, providing future travelers with new search ways Aug 02, 2016 Port calls of foreign-based cruise ships in Japan were up 77.3% in June 2016 Jul 29, 2016 Leisure White Paper 2016 shows the top leisure activity of Japanese is travel in Japan for five years in a row Jul 29, 2016 The Japanese government calls Pokemon Go users’ attention to nine expected troubles Jul 28, 2016 Travel spending a Chinese in Japan reduced by 23% in three months from April 2016 Jul 28, 2016 International visitors to Japan were up 24% in June 2016 and exceeded 10 million for the first half Jul 27, 2016 Japanese overseas travelers were up 6.7% to 1.27 million in June and up 3.8% for the first half of 2016 Jul 27, 2016 The hotel occupancy rate in Kyushu dropped by 7.1% in April 2016 Jul 23, 2016 Guest nights in Japan in 2015 reached record-high 500 million in total Jul 23, 2016 Japanese EC service users on smart phones were up 15% to 48.6 million in May 2016 Jul 23, 2016 YouTube is the most popular online video site for Japanese viewers Jul 21, 2016 Japanese younger travelers are less confident of their booking travel contents Jul 20, 2016 Kyoto is 6th, failing to win the top for three years in a row - Travel + Leisure World Best Award 2016 Jul 19, 2016 Expedia VP talks about the Japanese market from home sharing to overseas travel Jul 18, 2016 Singapore Airlines is the highest satisfactory airline for five years in a row - AB-ROAD survey Jul 15, 2016 Oahu Island is the most popular summer vacation destination in 2016 on Expedia.co.jp Jul 15, 2016 Space Market, the Japan’s unique venue platform, launches a vacation rental business Jul 15, 2016 Jorudan, Japan’s railway transit search, offers a crisis management app for overseas business travelers Jul 13, 2016 Yahoo! Japan becomes the top Web brand, getting ahead of Amazon Jul 13, 2016 Japanese overseas travelers may increase by 7.4% in the summer holiday period 2016 - JTB forecast Jul 12, 2016 Top summer vacation destinations searched on Google were Okinawa in Japan and Hawaii overseas Jul 09, 2016 Duty-free shops in Japan extends to 35,000, increasing by 21.1% for half a year Jul 08, 2016 The most Japanese have particular overseas travel plans in the past four years - AB-ROAD survey Jul 07, 2016 The top decisive condition for Japanese family to select an overseas destination is ‘have never been there before’ Jul 06, 2016 Jalan.net, one of the Japan’s largest OTAs, had 19% more domestic accommodation booking transactions in FY2015 Jul 05, 2016 TripAdvisor ties up with Japan’s restaurant booking site Gurunavi to offer 600,000 restaurants in total Jul 01, 2016 JAL sells a new domestic airfare option for international travelers to fly to Kyushu Jul 01, 2016 Comparison of Japanese travelers to Australia, New Zealand and Canada in March 2016 Jul 01, 2016 Haneda Airport may generate an economic effect of 650.3 billion yen a year, when international slots increase to 39,000 a year Jul 01, 2016