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Qatar Airways will restart Haneda and Kansai services soon and serve additional flights for Narita

Fujikyu, a Japanese railway company, promotes Hotel Mt. Fuji by the Yamanaka Lake as a mecca of wellness

Domestic travel consumption by Japanese travelers was up 5% in Q1 of 2026

Japanese international travelers were up 8.4% to 1.04 million in April 2026

International arrivals in Japan were down 5.5% to 3.7 million in April 2026

TikTok Japan launches a function to book tourist spots or accommodations directly from a short movie

What is South Korea’s strategy for the Japanese market toward a goal of record-high 4.5 million tourists in 2026?

Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto sells four sorts of local experience packages at 626,000 yen for two nights for two guests

United Airlines will launch Sapporo/San Francisco services in the winter 2026

Thailand is driving its higher-value-added tourism strategy, including wellness, to attract Japanese luxury travelers

Japanese OTA Rakuten Travel adds a accommodation booking function in ‘Rakuten AI’

Japan’s VELTRA Cruise provides Yomiuri Travel with a cruise booking system as a BtoB partnership

Visa Japan runs a large-scale campaign to promote tap-to-pay for railways nationwide

Tokyu Resorts & Stay of Japan launches its own luggage delivery service from Haneda to a hotel in Tokyo

Digital

TikTok Japan launches a function to book tourist spots or accommodations directly from a short movie

TikTok Japan launches a function to book tourist spots or accommodations directly from a short movie

Japan Bound

International arrivals in Japan were down 5.5% to 3.7 million in April 2026

International arrivals in Japan were down 5.5% to 3.7 million in April 2026

Japanese Travelers

Domestic travel consumption by Japanese travelers was up 5% in Q1 of 2026

Domestic travel consumption by Japanese travelers was up 5% in Q1 of 2026

Japan Domestic Travel

Domestic travel consumption by Japanese travelers was up 5% in Q1 of 2026

Domestic travel consumption by Japanese travelers was up 5% in Q1 of 2026

Statistics

Online shopping spending to travel by Japanese households with two or more people was down 4.2% compared to the previous year

Online shopping spending to travel by Japanese households with two or more people was down 4.2% compared to the previous year

Travel Sectors

Qatar Airways will restart Haneda and Kansai services soon and serve additional flights for Narita

Qatar Airways will restart Haneda and Kansai services soon and serve additional flights for Narita

DMOs

A tourism finance lawyer explains what is going on an accommodation tax in Japan, citing that Kyoto City collects 10,000 yen a night at a maximum

A tourism finance lawyer explains what is going on an accommodation tax in Japan, citing that Kyoto City collects 10,000 yen a night at a maximum

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