Digital

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.

(PR) ‘Digital Travel APAC 2025,’ an event for the digital travel industry in Asian and Pacific region, will open for two days from August 12 2025 in Singapore, where over 50 experts will discuss the Future of Travel.

SkyDrive, a a Japanese ‘flying car’ developer, performed a demonstration flight of ‘SkyDrive SD-05’ flying car in EXPO Vertiport. Passenger point-to-point flight or circulation flight is slated for this coming summer.

Hopper launched an online travel booking platform ‘V Trip’ for credit card members and V members of Sumitomo Mitsui Card. Dakota Smith, Hooper President and Cofounder talked about V Trip and how it develops its business in Japan.

VELTRA, a Japanese local experience booking platform, signed a business partnership with MSC Cruises to launch a cruise booking platform ‘VELTRA Cruise.’

The Future City Pavilion of EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai was completed. 12 Japanese leading manufacturers and organizations showcases their innovations for the future society.