Digital

Odakyu Group, a Japanese private railway group, will extend the credit card touch payment system to the group transportation to improve passenger experiences for international visitors to Japan.

SPORTS JAM launched a new service to mediate professional video creators for international tourists to Japan.　A user can be matched with a creator on the platform by choosing shooting date, location and so on.

HIS formed partnership with Uber Japan to launch a new service to issue taxi voucher for group travel or corporate travel. HIS also considers integration of the service into its corporate travel management system

NAVITIME JAPAN, a Japanese navigation app provider, revealed where foreign visitors to Osaka Kansai EXPO visited in the venue and outside of the venue.

Google has launched its original certification program in Japanese for generative AI ‘Google Prompting Essentials' and ‘Local Growth Package’ for governments’ staff.

JTB and LEAPS, a blockchain service provider, will launch ‘anyBOUND,’ a new travel website for global luxury travelers to realize unprecedented travel proposals and purchase and payment experiences using the blockchain technology.

Airbnb.org has launched a disaster preparedness program in Japan to provide its listings as shelters in all of 47 prefectures within 24 hours after a large-scale disaster happens, partnering Japanese NGOs

Ai, a pharmacy operator in Tokyo, has launched a multi-language clinic search service ‘MEDSEEK’ for foreign visitors to Japan, linking data for 2223 clinics nationwide with Google Map.

Bounce, global luggage storage service provider, ties up with JOYSOUND,, Japan’s leading karaoke shops, to boost empty-handed travel. A user can find and book the nearest luggage storage place on the app at 400 yen a day.

Country Farm Tokyo German Village digitized drive check-in ticket with no need to get out a car to ease traffic jam The Village aims to ease traffic jam around the gate and also to use the collected date to improve customer satisfaction.

Traveloka, a major OTA in Southeast Asia, has entered the Japanese market, providing Japanese travelers flexible options not only for outbound travel but also domestic travel.

Japan’s taxi app GO opens a mini program in China’s No.1 communication app WeChat in partnership with Japan’s e-ticket platform Linktivity.

NTTCom Online Marketing Solution's NPS (net Promotor Score) survey for OTAs finds that the top OTA in Japan you would recommend to your friends is Jalan.net, followed by Rakuten Travel.

Japan Tourism Agency supports financially five projects in Kanazawa, Hakuba, Wakayama, Kotohira, Okinawa to attract high-quality digital nomad travelers from the world.

Shizuoka Prefecture started pre-registration and pre-payment on ‘Shizuoka Prefecture FUJI NAVI’ app for Mt. Fuji climbers who enter the gates in Shizuoka on May 9 2025.

Universal Studio Japan (USJ) terminated ticket selling at on-site booths and expanded online ticket selling by adding QR-code payment as new payment method.

DID-GLOBAL and The DECK launch a new service for international digital Nomad who stay in Japan to book a residence and a 24-hours working space simultaneously before visiting Japan.

Klook has started developing promotion campaigns for the EXPO on its platform and at the same time selling a package of the EXPO ticket and local experience tickets and transportation tickets.

LIINE Yahoo, a Japanese communication app, has begun offering a new function that generative AI summarize word-of-mouths for accommodations on Yahoo! search.

Tabelog, a Japanese restaurant search and booking platform, opened a mini program on a major Chinese communication app ‘WeChat' to enables Chinese visitors to Japan to search and book a restaurant in Japan.