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Shizuoka Prefecture launches a pre-registration and pre-payment system on its app for Mt. Fuji climbers

Seven-months-lasting Osaka Kansai EXPO 2025 opened. What kind of impacts on the tourism industry do it have?

Universal Studio Japan terminates ticket selling at on-site booths to expand online selling functions

Sendai City, Miyagi, offers a travel campaign to subsidize up to 4,000 yen for accommodation through this year’s summer holiday season

For international digital Nomad to Japan, a platform to search a residence and a working space simultaneously is launched

Klook is selling a package of a Osaka Kansai EXPO ticket and experiences and transportation to international travelers to Japan

LINE Yahoo, a Japanese communication app, adds a generative AI to summarize word-of-mouth in searching accommodations

Chinese visitors can book a restaurant in Japan on a booking service ‘Tabelog’ as a mini program, in major Chinese communication app WeChat

EY Japan releases ‘What does high value-added tourism generate?’ report covering from its definition to how to create contents

Daiwa House, a Japan’s leading house maker, launches a new brand for longterm travelers, working together with Airbnb Japan

Hoshino Resort, a Japanese hotel group, launches a new brand for mountain tourism to offer comfortable stay experiences

Korea focuses on spreading Japanese tourists to local regions and enhancing marketing activities for females in 2025

Asia’s leading experience booking platform KKday works together with Suntory to deliver food information in Japan to inbound tourists to Japan

Spending in Japan by inbound travelers increased by 28% to 2.3 trillion yen for the first three months of 2025

Japanese outbound travelers were up 16.7% year on year to 1.4 million in March 2025

Digital Travel APAC 2025 will open in Singapore in August 2025 [Ticket discount is available for Travel Voice audiences] (PR)

International visitors to Japan exceeded 10 million fastest ever, adding 3.5 million in March 2025

A notable increase in international guest nights in local regions in Japan was seen in January 2025

SkyDrive, a Japanese ‘flying car’ developer, unveiled a demonstration flight in the Osaka Kansai Expo venue, toward passenger flight in this summer

What kind of travel Japanese GenZ likes? 25% of males prefer to ‘sole travel,’ and 52% of females to ‘gourmet'

Luxury magazine publisher Condé Nast Japan and Deloitte Japan launch a consultation service for luxury international travelers to Japan

World Expo 2025 Opens in Osaka-Kansai, exhibiting from ‘Flying Car’ to unique pavilions to touch future society

HIS, a leading Japanese travel company, resulted in the first net profit in five fiscal years, increasing sales by 40% in the core travel business

Interview with Trip.com Executive: Boosting Regional Tourism in Japan and Offering Experiential Expo Travel Packages

Hakuba Village, Nagao, increased tourists during the 2024-2025 winter season by 14% to record-high 1.3 million

Hopper President talks about entry into the Japanese market in partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Card

JTB forecasts that Japanese travelers will reduce by 7% during this coming Golden Week holiday period, despite a 10% increase in outbound travelers

Travel Voice issues the ‘Over-Tourism 2025’ report to dig out what is its origin, how it is defined and what happens globally

Japan Tourism Agency promotes more Japanese people to travel overseas with new campaigns by the travel industry organization

Willer, a Japanese bus operator, reveals that international traveler bookings increase by 25% in the spring break period

Setouchi Triennale 2025 opens on April 18 2025, adding three new areas including Naoshima New Museum of Art

Japanet, a Japan’s leading TV shopping company, signs a business partnership with MSC Cruises for another five years

Japanese travel companies reduced struggled with a 28% decrease in sales in January 2025 over 2019

VELTRA, a Japanese local experience booking platform, launches a cruise booking platform in cooperation with MSC Cruises

JAL Group aims at 230 billion yen EBIT in FY2028, improving productivity for international and domestic flights with a new order of 17 Boeing 787-8s

Japanese outbound travelers were up 20.7% year on year to 1.2 million in February 2025

International visitors to Japan exceeded 3 million in February 2025 with a share of 67% from East Asia

Tobu Railway, a Japanese private railway company, will serve a luxury bus with comfortable 18 seats in Nikko area

What is ‘The Future City’ in the coming EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai? 12 exhibitors showcase their future societies

Air Canada serves authentic Japanese inflight meals in the Signature Class in collaboration with Micheline Star chef

Tourism EXPO Japan 2025 Aichi/Central Japan will be held in September with a theme of ‘Travel for Discovery and New Encounters,’ expected 100,000 visitors

NAVITIME, a navigation app of Japan, links to a transportation search provider in Europe, allowing users to book and purchase train tickets in three countries

Hyatt launches a new short-stay brand to offer effective operation and comfortable stay with lower prices

Tokyo Metro launches a new service to enable a passenger to get on subway with touch payment of credit card or QR code

Hokkaido sends messages to foreign backcountry skiers for safe experiences on the special website

The share of international guests in local regions of Japan rose to 34% in December 2024, higher than the growth in urban areas

ANA decides to order 77 aircraft valued more than 2 trillion yen to prepare for an increase in international flight demand in the future

IHG Hotels & Resorts celebrates 50 hotels milestone in Japan with three new brands opened

Japan National Tourism Organization hosted ‘Japan Luxury Showcase 2025,’ a BtoB event, joined by 40 global travel agents

Japanese passport holder percentage is just 17% in 2024, reduced by 15% compared to 2019