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Japanese overseas travelers were down 98.1% to 31,000 in October 2020

JTB launches ‘resort working’ subscription program in Okinawa, offering all-you-can-use services for a year

International arrivals in Japan remained a 98.9% reduction in October 2020

JAL-affiliated LCC ZIPAIR is ready to fly to Honolulu on December 19, serving a PCR test package as an option

JTB is cutting 6,500 jobs and cost of 140 billion JPY to survive the COVID-19 crisis, posting record-high half-year deficit

Japanese LCC Peach Aviation offers one-stop service of flight booking and antigen test for confidence to travel

48 major travel companies in Japan still struggled with a 78.9% reduction in sales in September 2020, despite the domestic travel was boosted by the campaign

ANA will augment its Haneda-Honolulu service to two flights a week in this coming December

Japanese domestic travel recovery initiative ‘Go To Travel’ was used by 39.8 million guest nights in total, supporting 4,700 JPY a traveler

KNT-CT, one of the leading travel agents in Japan, gives up its package brands and closes two-thirds of retail stores

Japanese guest nights in Japan recovered to a 37% reduction in September 2020, boosted by the domestic travel recovery campaign

HIS, one of the leading Japanese travel agents, begins selling package tours for Hawaii and Guam with travel insurance

Japan's domestic travel recovery campaign ‘Go To Travel’ boomed in a month after September 15

JAL is financing up to 168 billion JPY by issuing new stocks for introduction of efficient A350s and enhancement of the LCC business

JAL forecasts up to 270 billion JPY in deficit for the full year of FT2020, losing 161.2 billion JPY for Q2

JTB and IBM Japan create a joint venture based on JTB System Solutions to work together for DX in Japan

Kyoto City recovered Japanese guest nights to 80% a year ago in September 2020, boosted by ‘Go To Travel’ campaign

30% of Japanese travelers rethink their overseas travels after July next year, further delayed from the previous survey

Tourism EXPO Japan 2020 was organized in Okinawa as the first big New Normal MICE in Japan toward a new tourism era

ANA drastically transforms its business model to survive the crisis, launching a new LCC for middle-range international services

Where did travelers go from Tokyo after Tokyo was added in the government’s domestic travel recovery campaign ‘Go To Travel’?

Private accommodations giving up businesses doubled for half a year in Japan amid COVID-19

Narita Airport opens PCR Test Center to issue a negative certificate as early as two hours

Japanese overseas travelers were down 98.2% to 32,000 in September 2020

International arrivals in Japan were more than 10,000 in September 2020 for the first time in the past half a year

JTB adds Japan Railway tickets in its dynamic pricing products, making possible a package of railway and accommodation

International cruise travelers to Japan were down 12% to 2.15 million in 2019, affected by a decrease in cruises from China

Japan Tourism Agency staff works remotely in Hokkaido to translate their own experiences into policymaking for Workcation

Keidanren or Japan Business Federation seriously focuses on Workcation, working together with the tourism association

Local Brand Survey 2020 for 47 prefectures in Japan: Ibaraki gets out of the bottom, while Tokyo sees the biggest reduction

HIS launches a new digital service combing AI-based chat with face-to-face customer communication

The popularity of ‘Tottori Sand Dunes’ soared as a driving domestic destination in Japan during the big autumn holiday week

Japan’s domestic travel recovery campaign ‘Go To Travel’ has been used by 18.9 million guest nights for the first two months

JAL LCC ZIP AIR TOKYO finally launches two Narita-Seoul flights a week on October 16 2020

Air Asia Japan steps out from Japan, hit by COVID-19, stopping all of its services on December 5 2020

HIS reduced travel business revenue by 33% in 3Q of FY2020, falling into operating loss of 12 billion JPY

Digital Native Generation in Japan is positive in new normal life amid COVID-19, as 60% say everything can be done with digital

Japan Tourism Agency requests 16.8 billion JPY in the FY2021 budget for tourism policies including DX and Workcation

Japanese guest nights were down 52% YOY in August 2020, not so stimulated by the government’s tourism recovery initiative

HIS raises $214 million for new hotel developments and system investment through the third-party allocation of shares

Peach Aviation, a Japanese LCC, introduces a Workcation system for its employees

Domestic travel consumption under the state of emergency declaration in Japan was down 83%

ANA launches direct bookings on ‘Google Flight’ through its NDC

TripAdvisor survey shows Hakuba, Nagano is the most popular domestic destination among Japanese travelers in this autumn

New JNTO Vice President talks about what it should do now for restart of inbound travel promotions

HIS, one of the largest Japanese travel agents, offers 15 days and 30 days overseas Workcation tours with a flexible cancelation policy

AB-ROAD, the most popular travel magazine for Japanese overseas travelers, will end its long history on March 31 2021

This year’s Tourism EXPO Japan will be organized in Okinawa in a hybrid format

Japanese overseas travelers were down 98.2% to 37,000 in August 2020

International arrivals in Japan were still down 99% in August 2020