Airbnb has formed partnership with Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture for farm stay to list vacation rental properties in farming villages and to support communication between guests and hosts in S... Read more
JR West, a major Japanese railway company covering western Japan, has formed partnership with Hong Kong-based in-destination product booking platform Klook in sending international visitors... Read more
The Expedia survey illustrates that accommodation bookings in 12 Rugby World Cup host cities in Japan increased by 30% for international travelers to Japan and by 40% for domestic travelers... Read more
Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) reported that private accommodation registrations in Japan reached 18,111 as of August 15 2019, about nine times more registrations than 2,210 a year earlier, two... Read more
The 9th Japan-China-South Korea Tourism Summit was held in Incheon, South Korea on August 30 2019, joined by Keichi Ishii, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, L... Read more
Cool Japan Fund, funded by Japanese government and Japanese private enterprises to support inbound travel businesses financially, decided on August 30 2019 to invest $10 million (equivalent... Read more
TKTS, a New York-based discount ticketing service, opened its first boxes in Shibuya Hikarie, Tokyo on August 29 and in Nankai Terminal, Osaka on September 5. The boxes, operated by Longrun... Read more
Booking.com Japan recently announced Japanese city ranking in terms of bookings by international visitors to Japan in the first half of 2019. According to the results by region in Japan, Tok... Read more
The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)’s statistics in June 2019 illustrates that Japan received 175,500 visitors from U.S.A. (+8.5%), 37,300 from Australia (+4.2%) and 22,800 from U... Read more
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) reported that the number of international visitors to Japan in July 2019 was up 5.6% to 2,991,200, which were record-high on a single month basis. ... Read more
