Latest News Japan Tourism Agency asks tourism organizations to inform inbound tourists of ‘Japan Visitor Hotline’ for the new coronavirus Feb 11, 2020 International cruise visitors to Japan were down 12% in 2019 due to a decrease in cruises from China Feb 08, 2020 Aeroflot will restart four Moscow-Kansai flights a week for the first time in the past 17 years Feb 07, 2020 Japan may lose 776 billion JPY, affected by reduction of Chinese travelers for a reason of the new coronavirus Feb 06, 2020 Japanese Foreign Ministry issues Level 2 Travel Warning for entire China due to the new coronavirus Feb 04, 2020 The most –preferred purpose to visit Japan by Chinese FIT is cherry blossom viewing, according to Trip.com survey Feb 01, 2020 Sales of 48 major Japanese travel companies reduced by 2.3% in November 2019 Jan 31, 2020 Comparison of visitors to Japan from South Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in 2019 Jan 30, 2020 ANA will launch its first international services for five cities in FY2020, including Shenzhen, Istanbul and Stockholm Jan 28, 2020 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan raised travel warning to level 3 over Hubei Province, China due to spread coronavirus Jan 28, 2020 Japanese 60s to 70s travelers spend 199,000 JPY on average for a travel, 50,000 JPY more than 50s Jan 25, 2020 WOWOW, a broadcasting station in Japan, launches the travel service to sell its entertainment contents-related tours Jan 24, 2020 ANA launches subscription tickets for co-living ADDress members, offering two return designated flights at 30,000 JPY a month Jan 23, 2020 International visitors to Japan were up 2.2% to 31.88 million in 2019 with the total spending of 4.8 trillion JPY Jan 22, 2020 Japanese overseas travelers in 2019 exceeded 20 million for the first time, reaching a long-standing goal Jan 21, 2020 JAL offers free domestic flight tickets of up to 100,000 seats for international visitors to Japan this summer Jan 17, 2020 Airbnb guests in Japan increased by 1.5 times during the Rugby World Cup 2019 Jan 16, 2020 The most-searched spot in Japan on the NAVITIME navigation app was Ise Shrine as a whole Jan 15, 2020 International conferences organized in Japan reached record-high for seven years in a row Jan 14, 2020 JATA Chairman’s New Year remarks: “The next goal is 25 million Japanese overseas travelers.” Jan 14, 2020 90% of international visitors to Japan in the summer say that it was hot and humid in Tokyo Jan 11, 2020 Visa forms partnership with Osaka for tourism and cashless payment promotions toward EXPO 2025 Jan 10, 2020 JTB forecasts 34.3 million inbound travelers to Japan and 20.8 million outbound travelers from Japan in 2020 Jan 09, 2020 Comparison of visitors to Japan from South Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in November 2019 Jan 08, 2020 International Rugby World Cup spectators spent 2.4 times more money in Japan than ordinary travelers Jan 07, 2020 Concur partners with DiDi in Japan for automated taxi expense management Dec 27, 2019 Narita Airport expects a 7.0% increase in international flight passengers in 2019-2020 New Year holidays Dec 26, 2019 ‘PayPay’ is the top smart phone app in Japan in terms of the growth rate of users Dec 25, 2019 Japanese overseas travelers down 1.9% to 1.64 million in November 2019 Dec 24, 2019 International visitors to Japan down 0.4% in November 2019, year-on-year reduction for two months in a row Dec 23, 2019 KLM launches a human-based LINE chat service in Japanese for 24 hours in 365 days Dec 21, 2019 NAVITIME launches a ticket booking service for nighttime tourist attractions in Japan Dec 20, 2019 The Japanese ruling party decides that unmanned vending machines can be duty-free shops in 2020 Dec 19, 2019 H.I.S. post record-high sales for FY2019 with more online sales than retail sales for Japanese overseas travel Dec 18, 2019 Jetstar and Tiger Air Taiwan sign an interline contract to extend their networks and offer seamless services in Asia Dec 14, 2019 Trip.com and Dentsu form strategic business partnership for Chinese travelers to Japan Dec 13, 2019 Japanese travelers to South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in September 2019 are compared year on year Dec 12, 2019 JTB and Trip.com form partnership to exploit a winter sports market for Chinese travelers Dec 11, 2019 JTB forecasts Japanese overseas travelers during nine consecutive New Year holidays are expected to reach record-high Dec 10, 2019 JTB ties up with a US company to provide a changeable business trip service with automatic price-tracking Dec 06, 2019 Narita Airport introduces a new incentive program to invite long-haul international flights Dec 05, 2019 Smart phone users are more than PC users even among 50s and 60s in Japan - Nielsen survey for Q2 of 2019 Dec 04, 2019 The ratio of travel bookings on smart phones exceeds 50% in Japan Dec 03, 2019 Half of Millennials and Generation Z use SNS as information sources for shopping or traveling Dec 02, 2019 Forty percent of Generation Z travelers share their in-destination photos on Instagram Nov 30, 2019 Comparison of visitors to Japan from South Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in October 2019 Nov 29, 2019 JTB turned into the black for the first half of FY2019, boosted by Rugby World Cup and inbound events Nov 28, 2019 Japanese overseas travelers up 1% to 1.66 million in October 2019 Nov 27, 2019 International visitors to Japan down 5.5% in October 2019, influenced by a 65% decrease in visitors from South Korea Nov 26, 2019 JAL Factory Tour becomes the most popular free tourist spot among Japanese travelers - TripAdvisor survey Nov 22, 2019
