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LINE Travel forms a capital alliance with Japanese travel meta-search Travel.jp

JTB provides high-end travel products on Amazon Prime Day for the first time

ANA becomes the most satisfied airline for the first time in the past 11 years - AB-ROAD Research

Both Japanese cruise travelers and inbound cruise travelers reached record-high in 2017

Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in April 2018

Japanese overseas travelers are expected to be up 4.1% to 2.83 million in this coming summer holidays

LINE, the most popular communication app in Japan, enters the travel market as a meta-search platform

Smart phone users of 50 years old or older in Japan are up 30% in May 2018, accounting for the largest share by age

Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa in March 2018

Web In Travel Japan 2018 opens with discussions about private accommodation and Instagram effects on the first day

Ninety percent of all international visitors to Kyushu enter from airports and seaports in Kyushu

The C2C market scale of travel and home sharing in Japan is expected to reach 84 billion JPY in FY2017

Japanese overseas travelers up 5.0% to 1.38 millions in May 2018

International visitors to Japan up 16% with a 30% increase in Chinese visitors in May 2018

How does digitalization change Japanese travelers’ behaviors in traveling? JTB Tourism Research & Consulting survey

International overnight stays outnumber Japanese overnight stays in Kyoto in April 2018

The Japanese government announces an action plan 2018 for the tourism policy

Regular international visitors to Tokyo account for a half of the total in 2017

The private accommodation law is enforced with just 2,707 host registrations in Japan

The average time spending for a smart phone in Japan is 3 hours and 7 minutes a user a day

International visitors to Tokyo in 2017 were up 5% to 13.77 million, who spent 1,136 billion JPY

Spanish guest nights in Japan were remarkably up 69% in March 2018

Outline of Tourism EXPO Japan 2019 in Osaka is announced

Comparison of the top 5 Japanese travel agents’ results in FY2017

Airbnb Japan provides their guests with compensation supports for booking cancellations of illegal listings

EVOLABLE ASIA, a rapidly growing Japanese OTA, acquired DeNA TRAVEL to enhance international air ticket distribution

JAL launches its first innovation lab to create new services with 100 or more partners

The biggest difficulty for international visitors in traveling in Japan is communication with facility staff

H.I.S. achieves 20% more half-year sales and operating income with better travel business

How does JTB change itself with its management reform as the third business start-up?

JTB increases sales with M&A in the global business, but reduces incomes for FY2017

Japan invited record-high international conferences in 2017, becoming No.1 host country in Asia

70% in Japan allows for providing their personal behavior information in traveling, according to JAB and DNP survey

The Japan’s leading convenience store chain makes a business partnership with Airbnb for user supports

The awareness survey finds deep-rooted resistance to neighborhood private accommodation in Japan

Six private accommodation platforms in Japan are preparing to establish an industrial organization

Booking.com to increase temple listings in Japan in partnership with a cultural experience provider

Comparison of the top 5 Japanese travel agents’ results in February 2018

Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from South Korea, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in March 2018

Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Australia, U.S. and U.K. in March 2018

Japanese overseas travelers up 9.9% to 1.35 millions in April 2018

International visitors to Japan up 12% in April 2018, already 10 million for the first four months

Japanese people realize themselves as seniors from 64.2 years old on average, two years older than five years ago

Smart phone ownership among 60’s in Japan exceeds 50%, outnumbering feature phone for the first time

EC travel market scale of Japan reaches 3.4 trillion JPY in 2017, 11% up, boosted by OTA

Booking.com launches its local activity booking service in Tokyo

JAL increases revenue by 7.3%, but decreases net profit by 17.5% for FY2017

ANA ends FY2017 with record-high profit for three consecutive fiscal years, boosted by acquisition of Peach

Hen na Hotel in Nagasaki, Japan opens the Japan’s first cashierless convenience store

Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from four Southeast Asian markets in March 2018