Latest News NTT DOCOMO launches prepaid SIM service for international visitors to Japan, enabling free access with advertisement viewing Jul 04, 2017 The highest customer satisfaction goes to Teikoku Hotel for city hotel and Richmond for budget hotel Jun 30, 2017 Top reason for traveling alone is ‘I can be myself with no consideration to others Jun 29, 2017 Four major Japanese OTAs talk about their next moves at WIT Japan 2017 Jun 28, 2017 Rakuten, the Japan’s leading online platform, enters a vacation rental market by forming a joint venture with the real estate agency Jun 27, 2017 Japanese overseas travelers were up 6.6% to 1.32 million in May 2017 Jun 26, 2017 International visitors to Japan were up 21.2% to 2.3 million in May 2017 Jun 26, 2017 Germany-based Trust You becomes a 100% subsidiary of Japan’s Recruit Jun 23, 2017 International visitors’ guest nights in Japan showed the first double-digit growth in April 2017 in the last year Jun 22, 2017 International visitors to Kyushu broke the previous record in March 2017, boosted by an increase in cruises Jun 22, 2017 International guests staying in lodgings in Kyoto City exceeded 50% for the first time in April 2017 Jun 21, 2017 Majority of Japanese travelers choose restaurants in Japan on a hit or miss basis - JTB survey Jun 20, 2017 Seventy percent of Japanese overseas FIT books their travels online, outnumbering real agencies Jun 19, 2017 A miniature indoor park with state-of-the-art technologies will open in Tokyo in 2020 Jun 16, 2017 The most popular tourist spots in Japan, based on word of mouth on TripAdviser, is Fushimi Inari in Kyoto Jun 16, 2017 Visas issued for international visitors to Japan reached record-high 5.4 million in 2016 Jun 15, 2017 Japanese cruise travelers reached record-high 248,000 with an increase in short-term cruises in 2016 Jun 14, 2017 Online travel industry’s leaders talk about ‘reimagine’ toward the future growth at WIT Japan 2017 Jun 13, 2017 New vacation rental law is finally passed with a regulation of 180 or fewer business days a year Jun 13, 2017 Japanese overnight travel spending in Japan slightly reduced in Q1 of 2017 Jun 08, 2017 Japan’s robot developer launches ‘Robot Translator’ app for 45 different languages Jun 08, 2017 Wacoal, the Japan’s leading underwear maker, launches a lodging service in Kyoto, renovating traditional houses Jun 07, 2017 JTB reduces both sales and profit for FY2016 due to failures to increase FIT and online sales Jun 07, 2017 Booking.com emphasizes strong ties with lodging partners in Japan Jun 06, 2017 JTB purchases Kuoni GTS, targeting travelers from Asia to Europe Jun 06, 2017 Japan hosted record-high international conferences in 2016, becoming top MICE destination in APAC and Middle East Jun 02, 2017 Peach Aviation, a Japanese LCC, will launch a Bitcoin payment system by the end of 2017 Jun 02, 2017 Duty-free shops for international visitors in Japan decupled in the last five years Jun 02, 2017 Comparison of top 5 Japanese travel agents’ results in February 2017 Jun 01, 2017 Japanese senior generation prefers traveling with grand children to traveling with children May 30, 2017 WIT Japan & North Asia 2017 announces agenda with a theme of ‘reimagine’ May 30, 2017 JTB Group reduced total transactions in FY2016 by 5.8% to 1.6 trillion JPY May 26, 2017 The highest pro-Japan rating is found in Thailand, Vietnam and Philippine among 20 target countries May 26, 2017 Word of mouths for tourist spots in Japan by international travelers increase by 1.5 times May 25, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Australia, U.S. and U.K. in March 2017 May 25, 2017 Japanese overseas travelers were up 0.8% to 1.26 million in April 2017 May 23, 2017 International visitors to Japan were up 24% to 2.6 million in April 2017 May 23, 2017 What is Booking.com’s strategy to increase lodging partners in Japan? May 19, 2017 Economic ripple effect from MICE in Japan amounted to 590 billion JPY in FY2015 May 19, 2017 Times spent for travel-related apps by Japanese users increase by 60% in the last two years May 18, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from four Southeast Asian markets in March 2017 May 17, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in March 2017 May 17, 2017 Universal Studio Japan and Huis Ten Bosch received record-high visitors in 2016 May 12, 2017 A local bank of Japan plays an agent role between Booking.com and its customer lodgings May 12, 2017 The strongest decisive factor to choose a luxury city hotel is recommendations from family or friends May 11, 2017 Activity booking asoview! and navigation service NAVITIME work together for local activity booking in Japan May 10, 2017 JAL announces FY2017-FY2020 Midterm Management Plan with a goal of 1.1 times more sales for the core business May 09, 2017 SNS postings find many international visitors are dissatisfied with public transportation in Japan May 08, 2017 Expedia survey on in-flight manners shows that one-third of Japanese do not recline a seat during a flight May 05, 2017 Rakuten forms an AI-based customer service system with IBM Japan May 04, 2017
