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International visitors to Japan were up 13.8% to 1.87 million in November 2016

Yahoo! Japan integrates its OTA business into Ikyu.com

Nintendo theme area will open in Universal Studio Japan before Tokyo Olympics

Japan ranks at the bottom in acquisition of paid holidays among 28 countries in 2016

Haneda Airport decides 17 robots for airport operation demonstrations including cleaning, mobility support or guidance

No.1 popular overseas tourist spot for Japanese is Angkor Wat in 2016 - tripsdvisor

Relux, a Japanese luxury accommodation booking site, launches three foreign languages on its app

What to do first after 15:00 on a so-called premium Friday in Japan is travel - Hakuhodo survey

ANA ensures 10% or more bookings both for domestic and international flights in the 2016-2017 New Year holidays

JAL reduces international flight bookings for the 2016-2017 New Year holidays

Visual information motives about 20% of Japanese travelers to visit the visualized destination

Kyoto Prefecture and Softbank work together for tourism promotion using AI and robot

NAVITIME Travel launches a booking service for international travelers to Japan

Expedia sells capsular hotel and leisure hotels of Japan in 75 countries to meet low budget needs

JAL to launch a new AI service for family with baby traveling in Hawaii

Taiwan is the most popular overseas destination in the 2016-2017 New Year holidays - JATA survey

JTB forecasts Japanese travelers are expected to reduce by 2.1% to around 30 million in this coming New Year holidays

Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa in September 2016

Japanese wealthy families are estimated at 1.22 million, and super wealthy at 73,000

The most popular hot spring in Japan is Atami for three years in a row - Rakuten annual popular destination ranking

HIS survey shows Cuba is much more preferred as a New Year holiday destination than before

Travel story postings on For Travel, the Japan’s travel word-of-mouth site, reaches 1 million

Tripadvisor is trying to encourage Japanese users to use its word of mouth for their travels in Japan

Guest nights by Japanese travelers in Japan reduce by 7.3% year on year in September 2016

Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in September 2016

ANA, HIS and PD Aerospace form capital alliance for the future space travel

SECOM, the leading security service provider of Japan, enters the vacation rental business to support property owners

Airbnb international guests for Japan already reached 3 million, 2.3 times more than a year earlier

The ratio of online travel bookings in Japan reached 40% in FY2015 - Phocuswright Japan survey

Korea is the top market for Japan on Expedia in 3Q of 2016

KNT-CT launches AI-based multi-languages chat service for international travelers to Japan

Duty-free stores increased to 38,950 nationwide as of October 1 2016

Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from four Southeast Asian markets in September 2016

Japanese overseas travelers were up 3.2% to 1.46 million in October 2016

International visitors to Japan were up 16.8% to 2.1 million in October 2016

The ratio of ‘frequently using’ SNS on smart phone tends to reduce - JTB tourism Research survey

Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in August 2016

Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Australia, U.S. and U.K. in September 2016

Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in September 2016

JTB Foundation forecasts international visitors to Japan are expected to reach 24 million in 2016

Only five government-controlled airports of Japan made profits for aviation-related businesses in FY2015

Overseas hotel booking site SKYhotels provides travel companies with 100,000 hotels or more choices

No.1 posting spot on SNS by international visitors is Tokyo Disneyland, followed by USJ

HIS is launching its new travel business model as OTA to compete with the world

ANA Sales will begin dealing with vacation rental in tie-ups with STAY JAPAN

International visitors to Japan already exceeded 20 million as of October 2016

The occupancy rate of resort hotels in Osaka reached 95% in August 2016

Tourism Forecast Platform for Japan is in operation to provide lodging forecasts half a year ahead

Event vacation rental insurance for a local government is commercialized in Japan to cover damages on lenders

The ratio of online booking for overseas travels by Chinese reaches 75%