Latest News International travelers start searching hotels in Japan 83 days before departures, much earlier than the world’s average Nov 04, 2016 EC apps a Japanese uses one time or more a month are 2.8 on average - Nelsen survey Nov 04, 2016 Minimum nights for vacation rental in National Strategic Special Zones reduce to two nights and three days in Japan Nov 04, 2016 Narita operates record-high domestic and international flights by 93 airlines in the 2016-2017 winter schedule Nov 02, 2016 Ikyu.com, a Yahoo!Japan subsidiary, launches a booking site for 100 luxury vacation rentals Nov 02, 2016 Spending in Japan by international travelers was down 2.9% in the 3Q of 2016 Oct 28, 2016 Chinese shopping behaviors for foreign products are different between interior and coast regions Oct 27, 2016 KDDI, a Japanese communication solution provider, offers ‘Remote Travel’ service by using VR Oct 26, 2016 Japanese overseas travelers were up 1.3% to 1.5 million in September 2016 Oct 25, 2016 International visitors to Japan were up 19% to 1.9 million in September 2016 Oct 25, 2016 Google Map displays highway bus routes in Japan Oct 22, 2016 Guest nights by international visitors in Japan reduce in August, for the first time in the past 43 months Oct 20, 2016 Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in July 2016 Oct 20, 2016 Biometric identification demonstration of for payment or check-in-hotel by international visitors to Japan starts Oct 14, 2016 Kyoto City opens a search site for the city’s original 56 Visitors Hosts Oct 14, 2016 Tokyo estimates tourism economic impact at 12.9 trillion JPY and job creations at 600,000 in 2015 Oct 14, 2016 Four cities in Kansai will suffer shortage of hotels for a while - DBJ survey Oct 14, 2016 DeNA Travel of Japan ties up with LINE Business Connect for overseas travel search and booking Oct 13, 2016 JTB reorganizes the overseas travel businesses into two new companies for seamless purchase of air tickets Oct 12, 2016 Four key travel industry persons in Japan talk about keys for expansion of the overseas travel market Oct 08, 2016 Japan hosted record-high 2,847 international conventions in 2015 Oct 07, 2016 Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Australia, Canada and New Zealand in June 2016 Oct 05, 2016 NAVITIME Japan launches an online travel booking business including sales of package tours Oct 01, 2016 Airbnb increases senior hosts in Japan, particularly 60 years old or older by 235% Sep 30, 2016 International visitors to Japan in August 2016 were up 13%, totaling 15 million or more in this year Sep 29, 2016 Japanese overseas travelers increased by 10% in August 2016 Sep 29, 2016 Tourism EXPO Japan 2016 opened, joined by Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Japanese government Sep 28, 2016 Anime Tourism Association is launched to develop wide area tourist routes with sacred spots for anime Sep 27, 2016 Japanese online guidebook LEVART launches a new AI concierge service for lodging providers Sep 23, 2016 Guest nights in Kyushu damaged by the Kumamoto Earthquake rebounded to 0.6% down in July 2016 Sep 23, 2016 Apple Pay on iphone7 can be used for payment on Japanese OTA Jalan.net Sep 22, 2016 Vacation rental experiences accounts for just 3.9% in Japan - Recruit survey Sep 22, 2016 The ratio of online bookings for Japanese overseas travel reaches highest 56% - JTB Research & Consulting Sep 22, 2016 Japanese overseas travelers are expected to increase by 4.9% to 17 million in 2016 - JTB Research & Consulting Sep 22, 2016 Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in June 2016 Sep 21, 2016 Rakuten Travel launches a new program to award 5% loyalty points to all users for overseas hotel booking Sep 21, 2016 A Japanese uses SNS apps in 17 days a month or for 36 minutes a day on average Sep 16, 2016 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from four Southeast Asian markets in July 2016 Sep 16, 2016 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Australia, U.S. and U.K. in July 2016 Sep 16, 2016 Booking.com reveals its business strategy for Japan covering from vacation rental to experiences Sep 10, 2016 Rakuten Travel releases a new app to search digital tourist pamphlets over the world Sep 10, 2016 CNN delivers interests in Japan of famous Instagramers on its short program ‘#MyTokyo’ Sep 09, 2016 JTB and Panasonic work together for the itinerary management system and empty-handed travel to support international visitors to Japan Sep 09, 2016 Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in June 2016 Sep 08, 2016 About 44,000 rooms may be short in 2020 in Japan, seriously in Tokyo and Osaka Sep 07, 2016 Japan Tourism Agency requests a budget of 37,363 million JPY for FY2017, 50% more than the FY2016 budget Sep 06, 2016 ‘Japan Travel Month’ will start on September 21 2016 in tie-up with sports and culture Sep 06, 2016 Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa in June 2016 Sep 03, 2016 Peach Aviation, Japanese LCC, takes advantage of AI for 24-hours and 365 days automatic phone service Sep 03, 2016 Seoul is the most popular short-haul destination in the late summer 2016 for Japanese travelers Sep 03, 2016
