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HIS has received more bookings of both domestic and overseas travels in the summer holiday period of 2025

A Japanese TV station enters into the travel business to offer tailer-made tours inspired by TV programs to luxury inbound travelers

JTB forecasts that Japanese overseas travelers are expected to increase by 21% in the summer of 2025

Traveloka, a major OTA in Asia, enables a user to exchange Traveloka points to ‘Ponta points,’ a Japan’s major point program

ANA extends NDC-based air ticketing on Trip.com to 11 Asian markets in addition to Japan

JTB and Hitachi work together for biometric authentication-based digital ticket on smartphone

Mastercard Economics Institute analyzes weak yen gives larger influence to Asian travelers to Japan

All-inclusive tours to Miyakojima, Okinawa flying with HondaJet is now on sale targeting luxury international travelers

Japanese private railway Odakyu extends the credit card touch payment system to improve convenience for international visitors

ANA renews the business class for international mid-sized aircraft for the first time in a decade, reestablishing the private space

A new service to mediate professional video creators for international tourists traveling in Japan is launched

Japanese outbound travelers were up 14% year on year to 1.08 million in May 2025, but down 25% over 2019

International arrivals in Japan were up 20% to 3.7 million in May 2025, marking record-high for May

HIS forms partnership with Uber Japan to issue taxi voucher for group travel or corporate travel

Digital

Traveloka, a major OTA in Asia, enables a user to exchange Traveloka points to ‘Ponta points,’ a Japan’s major point program

Traveloka, a major OTA in Asia, enables a user to exchange Traveloka points to ‘Ponta points,’ a Japan’s major point program

Japan Bound

A Japanese TV station enters into the travel business to offer tailer-made tours inspired by TV programs to luxury inbound travelers

A Japanese TV station enters into the travel business to offer tailer-made tours inspired by TV programs to luxury inbound travelers

Japanese Travelers

HIS has received more bookings of both domestic and overseas travels in the summer holiday period of 2025

HIS has received more bookings of both domestic and overseas travels in the summer holiday period of 2025

Japan Domestic Travel

Global luggage storage service provider Bounce partners JOYSOUND, Japan’s leading karaoke shops, to boost empty-handed travel

Global luggage storage service provider Bounce partners JOYSOUND, Japan’s leading karaoke shops, to boost empty-handed travel

Statistics

Mastercard Economics Institute analyzes weak yen gives larger influence to Asian travelers to Japan

Mastercard Economics Institute analyzes weak yen gives larger influence to Asian travelers to Japan

Travel Sectors

HIS has received more bookings of both domestic and overseas travels in the summer holiday period of 2025

HIS has received more bookings of both domestic and overseas travels in the summer holiday period of 2025

DMOs

The average daily rate of hotels in Kyoto City reached record-high 20,195 yen with the occupancy rate of 78.5% in 2024

The average daily rate of hotels in Kyoto City reached record-high 20,195 yen with the occupancy rate of 78.5% in 2024

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