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A Japanese digital ticket system provider deals with bus tour tickets in a port-of-call city for cruise passengers

A new audio streaming solution is launched in Japan for tour participants to share voices on smartphone in real time

Yahoo! Search launches a generative AI service to summarize word-of-mouth of 47,000 commercial facilities in Japan

A new double-brands hotel ‘Tokyu Stay Mercure’ will open in Hiroshima in May 2026

Local airports will be a key for Japan to achieve a goal of 60 million international visitors

NAVITIME, a Japanese navigation app, provides ‘summer retreat mode’ on its travel planning & booking service

Airbnb Partners and Daiwa House build the next generation apartment in Tokyo, for which partner CCC provides indoor contents

JTB launches digital ticket touring 30 cultural facilities nationwide in Japan for international travelers in partnership with Japan Cultural Expo 2.0

Jalan Research Center shares the latest domestic travel trends in Japan, showing increases in ‘solo traveling’ and ‘local experiences and interactions’

Budget hotel unit price in Japan keeps rising, and the highest growth was seen in ’Tokyu Stay’

Google Map announces top five tourist spots in 47 prefectures of Japan based on user reviews

JTB launches a new psychological program for travelers to increase happiness through dialogs with tour conductors

Hawaii Tourism Japan launches a campaign for Japanese travelers including discounted prices for local experiences

The first outdoor Pokemon park ‘Poke Park KANTO’ will open in Tokyo in the spring 2026

Tourism Minister of France talks about three keywords to maintain the No.1 tourism country in the world

International visitors to Japan spent 2.5 trillion yen in total for three months from April 2025, 18% more than a year ago

Klook partners with Hoshino Resorts, a Japanese hotel chain, to sell a package of ryokan and transportation in Japan

Transport Ministry of Japan sets a goal of 1 million Japanese cruise travelers by 2030 with 70% on boards of Japan-based cruise ships

Agoda CEO states that it is trying to improve services in Japan to solve the reported troubles in booking rooms

International arrivals in Japan reached 20 million in total with 3.4 million in June 2025

Traveloka President Caesar Indra talks about the business strategy for the Japanese market as the largest OTA in Southeast Asia

Trip.com broadcasts TV CM to boost overseas travel and appeal its customer supports for Japanese consumers

JTB accelerates the sports hospitality business worldwide, starting selling MLB tours to U.S. from South Korea

Japanese OTA ‘jalan.net' increased domestic accommodation bookings in FY2024 by 11% to record-high 1.4 trillion yen

Japanese experience booking platform Veltra launches a tailor-made travel brand for luxury travelers

22% of the total population in Japan, about 22.6 million peoples, are involved in particular regions in certain ways

The ratio of ‘I want to go to Osaka EXPO’ is rising rapidly, and the satisfaction rate among visitors is 73%

HIS has received more bookings of both domestic and overseas travels in the summer holiday period of 2025

A Japanese TV station enters into the travel business to offer tailer-made tours inspired by TV programs to luxury inbound travelers

Japanese overseas travelers are expected to increase by 21% in the summer of 2025 - JTB forecasts

Traveloka, a major OTA in Asia, enables a user to exchange Traveloka points to ‘Ponta points,’ a Japan’s major point program

ANA extends NDC-based air ticketing on Trip.com to 11 Asian markets in addition to Japan

JTB and Hitachi work together for biometric authentication-based digital ticket on smartphone

Mastercard Economics Institute analyzes weak yen gives larger influence to Asian travelers to Japan

All-inclusive tours to Miyakojima, Okinawa flying with HondaJet is now on sale targeting luxury international travelers

Japanese private railway Odakyu extends the credit card touch payment system to improve convenience for international visitors

ANA renews the business class for international mid-sized aircraft for the first time in a decade, reestablishing the private space

A new service to mediate professional video creators for international tourists traveling in Japan is launched

Japanese outbound travelers were up 14% year on year to 1.08 million in May 2025, but down 25% over 2019

International arrivals in Japan were up 20% to 3.7 million in May 2025, marking record-high for May

HIS forms partnership with Uber Japan to issue taxi voucher for group travel or corporate travel

Foreign visitors to Osaka EXPO like visiting GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION in the venue and Nara Park outside of the venue

The Japanese government aims to triple food consumption in Japan by inbound travelers to 4.5 trillion yen a year by 2030

Google launches a certification program in Japanese for generative AI, giving basic lessons of prompting

Local consumption in Japan by luxury inbound travelers potentially spending 1 million yen or more increased by 50% in 2023 compared to 2019

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