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JTB launches a new website for global luxury travelers, using blockchain technology for new sales and payment schemes

Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan reveals survey results of ‘Fuji Tram,’ a new transport system for Mt.Fuji to control 1,200 visitors an hour

Airbnb.org launches a disaster preparedness program in Japan to provide its listings as shelters within 24 hours after a natural disaster happens

A clinic search service for foreign visitors to Japan is launched in linkage with Google Map

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

Total sales of Japanese travel companies reduced by 17% in March 2025 due to poor domestic travel business

JAL launches a new stay package for people living in a city to stay in Hokkaido temporarily with six flight tickets available a month

Country Farm Tokyo German Village digitizes drive check-in ticket with no need to get out a car to ease traffic jam

VELTRA, the Japanese leading booking platform for tours and activities for Japanese travelers, reveals that Japanese users’ needs for overseas activities are diversified in this summer

Traveloka, a major OTA in Southeast Asia, enters the Japanese market with thoroughly- localized services for Japanese travelers

Japan’s taxi app GO opens a mini program in China’s No.1 communication app WeChat in partnership with e-ticket platform Linktivity

ANA renews domestic flight airfares to three types in May next year in accordance with integration of the passenger system

JTB posts more than 1 trillion yen in sales for two consecutive years, but reduced profits due to strategic investments

Japanese outbound travelers were below 1 million again in April 2025

International arrivals in Japan reached record-high 3.9 million on a single month basis in April 2025

The top OTA in Japan you would recommend to your friends is Jalan.net, followed by Rakuten Travel, with their UI/UX valued

Japan Tourism Agency supports five digital nomad projects from family long stay to stay in a mountain resort

UN Tourism Forum discusses in Osaka Kansai EXPO how Japan can increase tourism investments from the world

Tokyo Metro launches a new service to deliver baggage from a station storage locker to 500 hotels in Tokyo

What is the essence of high-value-added travel? Need to reconsider it for value creation to benefit local areas

International visitors to Japan with problems in long time waiting for immigration increase by 2.4 times

Fujikyu, a private railway company in Japan, develops tourism infrastructures in Mt. Fuji area toward a world standard luxury resort

Seven-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain of Japan, strengthens its selling efforts for international visitors

Shizuoka Prefecture launches a pre-registration and pre-payment system on its app for Mt. Fuji climbers

Seven-months-lasting Osaka Kansai EXPO 2025 opened. What kind of impacts on the tourism industry do it have?

Universal Studio Japan terminates ticket selling at on-site booths to expand online selling functions

Sendai City, Miyagi, offers a travel campaign to subsidize up to 4,000 yen for accommodation through this year’s summer holiday season

For international digital Nomad to Japan, a platform to search a residence and a working space simultaneously is launched

Klook is selling a package of a Osaka Kansai EXPO ticket and experiences and transportation to international travelers to Japan

LINE Yahoo, a Japanese communication app, adds a generative AI to summarize word-of-mouth in searching accommodations

Chinese visitors can book a restaurant in Japan on a booking service ‘Tabelog’ as a mini program, in major Chinese communication app WeChat

EY Japan releases ‘What does high value-added tourism generate?’ report covering from its definition to how to create contents

Daiwa House, a Japan’s leading house maker, launches a new brand for longterm travelers, working together with Airbnb Japan

Hoshino Resort, a Japanese hotel group, launches a new brand for mountain tourism to offer comfortable stay experiences

Korea focuses on spreading Japanese tourists to local regions and enhancing marketing activities for females in 2025

Asia’s leading experience booking platform KKday works together with Suntory to deliver food information in Japan to inbound tourists to Japan

Spending in Japan by inbound travelers increased by 28% to 2.3 trillion yen for the first three months of 2025

Japanese outbound travelers were up 16.7% year on year to 1.4 million in March 2025

Digital Travel APAC 2025 will open in Singapore in August 2025 [Ticket discount is available for Travel Voice audiences] (PR)

International visitors to Japan exceeded 10 million fastest ever, adding 3.5 million in March 2025

A notable increase in international guest nights in local regions in Japan was seen in January 2025

SkyDrive, a Japanese ‘flying car’ developer, unveiled a demonstration flight in the Osaka Kansai Expo venue, toward passenger flight in this summer

What kind of travel Japanese GenZ likes? 25% of males prefer to ‘sole travel,’ and 52% of females to ‘gourmet'

Luxury magazine publisher Condé Nast Japan and Deloitte Japan launch a consultation service for luxury international travelers to Japan

World Expo 2025 Opens in Osaka-Kansai, exhibiting from ‘Flying Car’ to unique pavilions to touch future society

HIS, a leading Japanese travel company, resulted in the first net profit in five fiscal years, increasing sales by 40% in the core travel business

Interview with Trip.com Executive: Boosting Regional Tourism in Japan and Offering Experiential Expo Travel Packages

Hakuba Village, Nagao, increased tourists during the 2024-2025 winter season by 14% to record-high 1.3 million

Hopper President talks about entry into the Japanese market in partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card

JTB forecasts that Japanese travelers will reduce by 7% during this coming Golden Week holiday period, despite a 10% increase in outbound travelers