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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

The Japanese government decided to introduce JESTA as pre-entry check 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

Japan’s word-of-mouth posting ranking 2025 in travel websites shows Booking.com had the largest share, occupying about 50% including the second Google

Trip.com sells Shinkansen tickets for a user to pass through a gate with an issued QR code

JR East, a Japanese railway company, launches a new online booking system for Shinkansen completing a booking in as little as one minute

The percentage of Japanese passport holders rose to 18% as of the end of 2025, and online applications increased to 36% of the total

International cruise travelers to Japan increased by 1.2 times to 1.8 million in 2025 with 20% more port calls by foreign cruise ships

Cherry blossom is expected to begin blooming in Tokyo on March 22 and in Hokkaido on April 24

Digital

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

Japan Bound

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

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

Japanese Travelers

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

Japan Domestic Travel

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

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

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

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

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

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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