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A local bus operator in Japan launches a new package product incorporating PCR testing in tie-ups with a local clinic

KNT-CT launches innovative ‘Travel by car’ in cooperation with Nissan to meet new consumer needs in the time of COVID-19

48 major travel companies in Japan continued suffering from 87% reduction in sales in July 2020, despite gradual recovery in domestic travel

Workcation is promising in Japan as an option of new working styles with COVID-19

Local shopping coupons, as part of the Japanese government’s domestic recovery campaigns, will be distributed after Oct.1

JTB launches a private tour in English with an authorized interpreter guide for Japanese domestic travelers

HIS reduced monthly transaction by 97% to 1,150 million JPY in July 2020

Kyoto City recovered Japanese guest nights to 50% reduction in July 2020, expecting higher room rates after October

60% of Japanese workers are interested in Workcation, despite several challenges to do it

Japanese guest nights slowly recovered to 46% YOY reduction in July 2020

JAL introduces a contactless self-checkin kiosk in Haneda Airport

Domestic travel is the most poplar leisure activity in Japan for nine years in a row, despite a slight decrease in travelers

Airbnb joins the Japan’s domestic travel recovery campaign, offering discounted listings in the middle of October

Okinawa has revised downward its annual visitor forecast again, expecting to reduce by 65% to 3.61 million in 2020

The Japan’s domestic travel recovery campaign ‘Go To Travel’ users reached 4.2 million guest nights by August 20

Japan is selected as the top destination in Asia and the second in US, Europe and Australia in willingness of post-COVID-19 travel

ANA and JAL suffered lower demands than expected in the summer holiday period with domestic load factor of 30% range

Japanese overseas travelers seres still down 98.8% to 20,300 in July 2020, despite doubling from June

International visitors to Japan were down 99% to 3,800 in July 2020, marking YOY reductions for 10 months in a row

JTB develops ‘Virtual School Trip 360’ with realtime communications to help schools suspending school trips amid COVID-19

Japan is the world’s top country acquiring ‘multiple short paid holidays’ among 19 countries and regions

JTB Report 2020 for Japanese overseas travel trend in 2019 illustrates the departure rate of Generation Z was 46%

Rugby World Cup Japan 2019 generated an economic impact of $3.3 billion by international visitors

Booking.com and Agoda officially announce to join the Japan's domestic travel recovery campaign

HIS launches an overseas business travel support service, providing COVID-19-related solutions including PCR test or quarantine hotel

TripAdvisor Japan leader gives its survey-based insight into recovery of the inbound travel at Travel Voice LIVE market

OYO Japan is launched, combining OYO LIFE and OYO Hotels on a platform as ‘One OYO Japan’ brand

JAL Group posts net loss of 93.7 billion JPY for the 1st quarter of FY2020, expecting around 40% less full-year passenger revenue

Travel industry’s leaders of Japan talk about the future travel at JATA Online Forum, referring to DX and Workcation

Japanese overnight travel performance rate was the lowest ever of 53.6% in 2019, the jalan.net survey revealed

ANA sinks to net loss of 109 billion JPY for the 1st quarter of FY2021, considerably reducing operating revenue by 76%

Japanese travel planners for this summer vacation have reduced, but travel to a neighbor prefecture is preferred

JTB embarks a ‘Workcation’ business, developing new contents in partnership with local communities

HIS launches overseas tour ‘Social Travel’ with thorough precautions departing from Japan after October 2020

Kobe Tourism Bureau launches smart phone-based city pass ticket to support the local tourism industry

Visitors to Japan from South Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong were only 460 in June 2020

Google illustrates new search trends in Japan amid restart of economic activities, showing an increase in ‘summer vacation, what happens’

Universal Studio Japan fully reopened on July 20, allowing nationwide guests to enter the New Normal park

The Japanese government is about to talk with 12 designated countries and regions for restart of bilateral travel

Okinawa is selected as No.1 prefecture in four theme categories of the Japan prefecture attractiveness ranking 2020

ANA and JAL are the most satisfied airlines for Japanese travelers, sweeping in all categories

Japanese overseas travelers were down 99.3% to 10,700 only in June 2020

International visitors to Japan was down 99.9% to 2,600 in June 2020, almost zero in 22 markets for three months in a row

The Japan’s domestic travel recovery campaign excludes travels from/to Tokyo due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in Tokyo

Forty percent of Japanese say ‘reducing shopping opportunities at real stores’ amid COVDI-19

Guest nights in Japan radically declined by 85% in May 2020 with the occupancy rate of 13% only

JTB offers New Normal-based corporate incentive travel, benefiting an individual employee with a travel chance anytime

Japan saw 2.4 times more bankruptcies in the hospitality industry for the first half of 2020 than a year ago

The Japanese government’s domestic travel recovery campaign will begin on July 22 amid an increase in COVID-19 cases

Tokyo Government launches a remote-work promotion program at a hotel, introducing available hotels by area