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International arrivals in Japan were down 3.6% in May 2026, while record-high were seen 19 source markets

ANA and JAL will raise fuel surcharges again to the highest levels ever from July 2026

The repeater rate of inbound tourists to Japan is 65%, while the first-time visit rate from long-haul markets is 60%

The Destination Restaurant of the Year 2026 in Japan is awarded to a shark fin specialty restaurant in Kesennuma, Miyagi

SQUEEZE, a Japanese hotel operator, renovates a 50-years building in Shibuya to a longterm stay hotel

Princess Cruises forms a partnership with Korea Tourism Organization to send 300,000 Japanese travelers to Korea

JAL will augment five international routes, including San Diego and Bengaluru, to meet growing inbound travel demands

Empty-hand travel service in Japan allows an international traveler to add up to 1.5 hours for leisure, the survey says

Hokkaido Niseko draws up a new brand message toward a year-round tourist destination

Korea Tourism Organization and Peach Aviation, a Japanese LCC, form a partnership to increase Japanese travelers to Korea

The travel businesses in the AI era were discussed at WiT Japan 2026, saying that AI is already a premise

Real Pokémon GO event in Tokyo gathered 1.71 million participants, encouraging them to walk in unknown Tokyo

Online spending for travel in Japan by households of two or more people was up 20% to 6,600 yen in March 2026

Authentic Ninja experience tours are now on sale for foreign luxury travelers to Japan

International conventions in Japan ranked 6th globally in 2025, securing the top spot in Asia for four years in a row

A Japanese printing and machinery maker opens the interactive entertainment facility for foreign travelers in Tokyo

ANA and JAL release the second Joint Report on Sustainable Aviation Fuel to build a ‘Co-creation Model’

Qatar Airways will restart Haneda and Kansai services soon and serve additional flights for Narita

Fujikyu, a Japanese railway company, promotes Hotel Mt. Fuji by the Yamanaka Lake as a mecca of wellness

Domestic travel consumption by Japanese travelers was up 5% in Q1 of 2026

Japanese international travelers were up 8.4% to 1.04 million in April 2026

International arrivals in Japan were down 5.5% to 3.7 million in April 2026

TikTok Japan launches a function to book tourist spots or accommodations directly from a short movie

What is South Korea’s strategy for the Japanese market toward a goal of record-high 4.5 million tourists in 2026?

Banyan Tree Higashiyama Kyoto sells four sorts of local experience packages at 626,000 yen for two nights for two guests

United Airlines will launch Sapporo/San Francisco services in the winter 2026

Thailand is driving its higher-value-added tourism strategy, including wellness, to attract Japanese luxury travelers

Japanese OTA Rakuten Travel adds a accommodation booking function in ‘Rakuten AI’

Japan’s VELTRA Cruise provides Yomiuri Travel with a cruise booking system as a BtoB partnership

Visa Japan runs a large-scale campaign to promote tap-to-pay for railways nationwide

Tokyu Resorts & Stay of Japan launches its own luggage delivery service from Haneda to a hotel in Tokyo

Gastronomic City Award 2026 selects four cities in Japan, valuing tourism experiences based on gastronomy cultures

MLB Chicago White Sox is eager to attract Japanese tourists, taking the success of Japanese player Murakami as an opportunity

JR West, a railway company of Japan, will link with the booking systems of ANA and JAL to promote wide-area travel by railway and air

U.S. had the top share of international visitor’s nights in Kyoto City in March 2026

Travel consumption in Japan totaled 37.6 trillion yen in 2025, including 9.5 trillion trillion yen by international visitors to Japan

JAL enables boarding and transfers using only facial recognition, linked with individual information on smartphones

Sagawa Express, a Japanese delivery service, starts online booking for baggage storage service with multi-languages

Hilton will open luxury brand ‘LXR’ in Hakone Gora area in the summer 2028

International hospitality tech conference ‘HITEC’ will be held in Tokyo in December 2026 for the first time

ANA and JAL will raise fuel surcharges by up to two times from May 2026, charging 56,000 yen on U.S. and Europe routes

New rules on usage of mobile battery in a flight cabin was enforced in Japan on April 24 2026

There is a 4.5 times gap between Japanese travelers to Taiwan and Taiwanese travelers to Japan in 2025

Japanese international travelers were up 6.7% to 1.52 million in March 2026

International visitor spending in Japan amounted to 2.3 trillion yen for the first three months of 2026

International arrivals in Japan exceeded 10 million for the first three months of 2026 with 3.62 million in March

JTB acquired a location data analysis company to Internalize processes from problem identification to effectiveness verification

MUFG Bank and Sagawa Express launch a new empty-handed travel service in the bank branch in Kyoto City

An app helping international drivers avoid rent-a-car accidents is released by NAVITIME JAPAN

Local experience bookings by Japanese international travelers during the Golden Week period 2026 increased by up to 2.2 times