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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

Total sales of Japanese travel companies reduced by 17% in March 2025 due to poor domestic travel business

JAL launches a new stay package for people living in a city to stay in Hokkaido temporarily with six flight tickets available a month

Country Farm Tokyo German Village digitizes drive check-in ticket with no need to get out a car to ease traffic jam

VELTRA, the Japanese leading booking platform for tours and activities for Japanese travelers, reveals that Japanese users’ needs for overseas activities are diversified in this summer

Traveloka, a major OTA in Southeast Asia, enters the Japanese market with thoroughly- localized services for Japanese travelers

Japan’s taxi app GO opens a mini program in China’s No.1 communication app WeChat in partnership with e-ticket platform Linktivity

ANA renews domestic flight airfares to three types in May next year in accordance with integration of the passenger system

JTB posts more than 1 trillion yen in sales for two consecutive years, but reduced profits due to strategic investments

Japanese outbound travelers were below 1 million again in April 2025

International arrivals in Japan reached record-high 3.9 million on a single month basis in April 2025

The top OTA in Japan you would recommend to your friends is Jalan.net, followed by Rakuten Travel, with their UI/UX valued

Japan Tourism Agency supports five digital nomad projects from family long stay to stay in a mountain resort

UN Tourism Forum discusses in Osaka Kansai EXPO how Japan can increase tourism investments from the world

Tokyo Metro launches a new service to deliver baggage from a station storage locker to 500 hotels in Tokyo

What is the essence of high-value-added travel? Need to reconsider it for value creation to benefit local areas

International visitors to Japan with problems in long time waiting for immigration increase by 2.4 times

Fujikyu, a private railway company in Japan, develops tourism infrastructures in Mt. Fuji area toward a world standard luxury resort

Seven-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain of Japan, strengthens its selling efforts for international visitors