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Multimodal booking platform ‘Omio’ enters the Japanese market for international travelers to Japan

A hotel in Hokkaido installs ‘the Mirai (Future) Human Washing Machine,’ the next generation bath system introduced in Osaka EXPO

What is Self-Sovereign Identity?JAL,NEC and Ministry of Communications of Japan discuss about a new trend to manage your own date by yourself

Japanese international travelers were down 7% year on year to 1.09 million in February 2026

International arrivals in Japan were up 6% to 3.47 million in February 2026, despite a 45% reduction in Chinese visitors

UNESCO World Heritage Shirakawago in Japan will introduce a pre-reservation system for the bus parking in December 2026

A furnished apartment for longterm-stays opens in Ebisu Garden Place, Tokyo, targeting foreign digital nomads

Expedia brand General Manager talks about their strategy in Japan and the future travel trends including the growing secondary cities

AI-based autonomous driving ‘robo-taxi’ will be tested on Uber app in Tokyo under the collaboration by Wayve, Uber and Nissan

Japan is introducing an Electronic Travel Authorisation, named JESTA, scheme by March 2029

The most-satisfied OTA in Japan was ikyu.com, and top was Rakuten Travel in activity booking

Japanese ‘DO (way)’ discipline is redefined as a modern wellness experience for international travelers by, KNT-CT, a major travel agent of Japan

Three Mitsui Fudosan’s hotels offer an room key service on Apple Wallet, which also opens keys of facilities in the hotels

Accommodations in Japan increased International guests by 8% but decreased Japanese guests by 4% in 2025

Digital

Multimodal booking platform ‘Omio’ enters the Japanese market for international travelers to Japan

Multimodal booking platform ‘Omio’ enters the Japanese market for international travelers to Japan

Japan Bound

Multimodal booking platform ‘Omio’ enters the Japanese market for international travelers to Japan

Multimodal booking platform ‘Omio’ enters the Japanese market for international travelers to Japan

Japanese Travelers

Japanese international travelers were down 7% year on year to 1.09 million in February 2026

Japanese international travelers were down 7% year on year to 1.09 million in February 2026

Japan Domestic Travel

UNESCO World Heritage Shirakawago in Japan will introduce a pre-reservation system for the bus parking in December 2026

UNESCO World Heritage Shirakawago in Japan will introduce a pre-reservation system for the bus parking in December 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

A hotel in Hokkaido installs ‘the Mirai (Future) Human Washing Machine,’ the next generation bath system introduced in Osaka EXPO

A hotel in Hokkaido installs ‘the Mirai (Future) Human Washing Machine,’ the next generation bath system introduced in Osaka EXPO

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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