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Mitsui hotels in Japan introduce an online medical consultation service for international visitors
39 Mitsui hotels introduced online medical consultation service ‘Mimipo for Travel,' 24/7 online medical consultations available from hotel rooms.
Activity booking platform KKday connects Japanese PMS providers, allowing accommodations to offer package plans
KKday has started system linkages with Japanese PMS providers of ‘TL-Lincoln and TEMAIRAZU, allowing accommodations offer package plans combined with local experiences or tickets on the KKday platform.
Japanese travelers for Golden Week 2026 from late April are expected to increase slightly - JTB forecast
JTB has estimated that Japanese travelers for this coming Golden Week period will be up 1.9% to 24.5 million in total, and Japanese outbound travelers are expected to increase by 8.5% year on year to 572,000.
Tourism EXPO Japan 2026 outlines with the theme of ‘The Changing Nature of Travel’ are unveiled
'Tourism EXPO Japan (TEJ) 2026’ will be held with the theme of ‘The Changing Nature of Travel' at Tokyo Big Sight from September 24 to 27. The organizer aims at 180,000 visitors for four days.
The top Net Promoter Score OTA is jalan.net in Japan, and 68% said AI answers fit my tastes
According to NTT Docomo Business X 's NPS (Net Promotor Score) benchmark survey 2025, the top NPS OTA was jalan.net (4.2 points), followed by ikyu.com (1.5 points) and Yahoo!Travel (-4.6 points).
Japan-USA Tourism Campaign 2026 is launched celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States
Japan-USA Tourism Campaign 2026 starts in April 2026 to expand two-way tourism between Japan and USA, taking chances of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
Two Accor Novotels will open in 2030s in Hakuba, Nagano to meet family traveler needs
Accor will open two Novotel hotels in Hakuba, Nagao Prefecture in 2030s to meet family travelers’ needs from both Japan and foreign countries.
Executive Director of Japan National Tourism Organization Frankfurt talked about trends of German travelers to Japan
Sayaka Usui, Executive Director of Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Frankfurt, explained about the German market for Japan at ITB Berlin.
What are key points of five-years ‘Tourism Nation Promotion Basic Plan’? A goal of 40 million international repeaters is included
The Japanese government accepted five-years ‘Tourism Nation Promotion Basic Plan’ from FY2026 to FY2030. What are key points of the plan?
Multimodal booking platform ‘Omio’ enters the Japanese market for international travelers to Japan
Berlin-based multimodal booking platform 'Omio' has entered the Japanese market to provide international travelers to Japan with booking opportunities of transportations.
A hotel in Hokkaido installs ‘the Mirai (Future) Human Washing Machine,’ the next generation bath system introduced in Osaka EXPO
ES CON Field Hokkaido Hotel Kitahiroshima Station, operated by SQUEEZE, will install ‘the Mirai (Future) Human Washing Machine,’ which attracted a lot of attentions in the Osaka Kansai EXPO 2025.
What is Self-Sovereign Identity?JAL,NEC and Ministry of Communications of Japan discuss about a new trend to manage your own date by yourself
At a symposium ‘IISE FORUM 2026,' JAL, NEC and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications discussed Self-Sovereign Identity, which is expected to penetrate into the future society.
Japanese international travelers were down 7% year on year to 1.09 million in February 2026
The number of Japanese international travelers in February 2026 was down 7.4% year on year to 1,093,300.
International arrivals in Japan were up 6% to 3.47 million in February 2026, despite a 45% reduction in Chinese visitors
The number of international arrivals in Japan in February 2026 was up 6.4% year on year to 3,466,700, despite a 45% reduction in Chinese visitors.
UNESCO World Heritage Shirakawago in Japan will introduce a pre-reservation system for the bus parking in December 2026
Shirakawa Village in Gifu Prefecture will introduce a pre-reservation system targeting tour buses for the major gateway bus parking to World Heritage ‘Shirakawago.'
A furnished apartment for longterm-stays opens in Ebisu Garden Place, Tokyo, targeting foreign digital nomads
Anyplace Japan will open a furnished service apartment in luxury residence ‘Ebisu Garden Terrace Nibankan’ to meet foreign remote workers’ needs.
Expedia brand General Manager talks about their strategy in Japan and the future travel trends including the growing secondary cities
Travel Voice interviewed Tracey Weber, senior vice president and general manager of the Expedia brand, to know how Expedia sees the current Japanese market and the future travel trends.
AI-based autonomous driving ‘robo-taxi’ will be tested on Uber app in Tokyo under the collaboration by Wayve, Uber and Nissan
Wayve, an AI technology developer for automobile, Uber Technologies and Nissan Motor are working together for development of AI-based autonomous driving ‘robo-taxi' in Japan.
Japan is introducing an Electronic Travel Authorisation, named JESTA, scheme by March 2029
Japan will introduce JESTA or Japan Electronic System for Travel Authorization by the end of March in 2029 to balance security and convenience in Japan's inbound tourism policy.
The most-satisfied OTA in Japan was ikyu.com, and top was Rakuten Travel in activity booking
Oricon, a survey and analysis company, announced the user satisfaction ranking for general OTA, activity booking OTA and hotel meta-search in Japan.
