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The government is trying to familiarize international vacation rental platforms with the amended Hotel Business Act

Twenty-one private companies work together for tourist information service to international visitors

Three major factors to discourage Japanese seniors to reduce traveling are money, companion and too lazy to plan a travel

The ratio of online shopping of travel and leisure by Japanese is 52%, ranked 13th in the world

Recruit opens a restaurant-booking app for Tokyo with a search function by TPO

Elder Japanese reduce TV viewing times but increase use of internet

One in four international visitors visits Japan as a member of a group tour - Japan Tourism Agency survey

Decade comparison by 2015 of Japanese travelers to Australia, New Zealand and Canada

Airbnb bookings in Japan by Japanese guests increase by five times in the 2016 Golden Week period

JTB forecasts that Japanese travelers in the 2016 Golden Week period increase by 0.3% to 23.95 million in total

Mt. Fuji is the most tweeted tourist spot in Japan by international visitors

Jetstar Japan becomes the first Japanese LCC for mobile boarding pass on its app

JAL and West Japan Railway sell new package tickets of international flight and express for inbound travelers to Kyoto

Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in January 2016

Taiwan is the most popular overseas destination for Japanese travelers in the Golden Week holiday period 2016

The Japanese government sets a goal to double international visitors to 40 million in 2020

Narita Airport operates record-high international passenger flights including Iberia service to Madrid in the summer 2016

Annual sales of 145 accommodations in Kyoto increased by 4.4% to 104.6 billion JPY in total in 2014

Jalan is No.1 travel website on PC with the most unique visitors in Japan

Japan Tourism Agency designates 46 shopping tour courses nationwide for international visitors

The inbound travel market created about 270,000 more jobs in Japan in 2015 - Mizuho Research Institute

Decade comparison by 2015 of Japanese travelers to Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong

Eight travel agents are ranked among the top 50 in the Japanese Customer Satisfaction Index 2015

Japanese overseas travelers were up 5.8% in February 2016, marking higher growth than January

International visitors to Japan increased by 36.4% to 1.89 million in February 2016

The travel company in Osaka opens a vacation rental service for international visitors

Booking.com Japan develops the B to B service in earnest, supporting accommodation partners

Farmer guesthouse and farmer restaurant in Japan draw attentions from Chinese regular travelers

International visitors staying overnight in Kyoto in 2015 reached 35.1% of the total

The room occupancy rates in 2015 were high in cities’ hotels but low in ryokans nationwide

Japanese overseas travelers book hotels 2.9 months prior to departure on average - JTB survey

Uber Japan demonstrates a ride share service by unpaid drivers in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture

Only eight government-controlled airports in Japan made profits for aircraft operations in FY2014

Real shops for a sharing economy agency service for vacation rental like airbnb open in Japan

WIT JAPAN 2016 will be held in Tokyo on June 2 and 3 2016

The Japanese government proposes tourism deregulation ideas including a ride share service like Uber

Sixty percent of hotels and ryokans in Japan suffer from labor shortage - Teikoku Databank survey

Sixty percent of new adults in Japan travel with a partner or a spouse - Hakuhodo survey

Decade comparison of Japanese travelers to Hawaii and Okinawa

Map search service provider of Japan launches a new tool to analyze archival search data of international visitors

Comparison of travel transactions in 2015 among top five Japanese travel agents

Japan and U.S. finally reach an agreement on five Haneda daytime slots a day for each

Hotels and ryokans in Japan with an increase in revenue reduce

Foreign visitors to Japan increased by 52% to 1.85 million in January 2016

Japanese overseas travelers were up 3.3% to 1.28 million in January 2016

Decade comparison by 2015 of travelers to Japan from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia

JTB doubles online bookings for the Golden Week holiday period 2016

A new vacation rental rule in Japan is ready for enforcement on April 1 2016

Travel surplus of Japan’s international trade balance in 2015 reached 1,122 billion JPY

Tokyo was No.1 city in 2015 booked by Chinese users on Booking.com