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Japanese overseas travelers resulted in a year-to-date decrease of 5.1% including a decrease of 6.7% in July 2015

Aug 24, 2015

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Foreign visitors to Japan already total more than 11 million adding record-high 1.92 million for July 2015

Aug 24, 2015

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Comparison of visitors to Japan from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in June 2015

Aug 22, 2015

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Travel spending in Japan by foreign visitors resulted in increase of 82.5% for the first quarter of FY2015

Aug 20, 2015

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Overnight foreign travelers from East Asia in Kyoto accounted for 46% of the total in June 2015

Aug 19, 2015

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Universal Studio Japan ranks 2nd with an increase of 21% in theme park visitor in 2015, following Tokyo Disneyland

Aug 18, 2015

Japan’s leading OTA Rakuten Travel resulted in record-high transactions for the 2nd quarter of FY2015

Aug 15, 2015

#BusinessResult #Rakuten

‘Travel alone’ was overwhelmingly searched on Google in Japan for the summer holiday of 2015

Aug 12, 2015

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Japan Tourism Agency points out issues on the sharing economy marketplace for private houses including airbnb

Aug 12, 2015

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Japanese traffic information provider Hyojito launches a duty-free search website for foreign visitors to Japan

Aug 11, 2015

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The Japanese luxury resort company Hoshino Resort acquires four ANA Crown Plaza properties at about 40 billion JPY

Aug 08, 2015

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Booking.com to expand its business in Japan with a goal to increase contract hotels 10,000 by the end of 2016

Aug 06, 2015

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Comparison of travel sales among top five Japanese companies in May 2015, H.I.S. doubled sales for inbound travel

Aug 05, 2015

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A share of young male LCC users exceeds 50% in Japan - JTM survey

Aug 03, 2015

#LCC

Rakuten CEO is optimistic about 100 million foreign visitors to Japan, accelerated by LCC and communication infrastructure development

Aug 01, 2015

#InboundTravelInJapan #Rakuten

JTB starts its first electric ticket service on smart phone in tie-ups with Paypal

Jul 31, 2015

#JTB #newservice

ASEAN students in Japan contributes to a new tourism information media for foreign travelers to Japan

Jul 31, 2015

#InboundTravelInJapan

Rakuten Travel is a Japanese online travel booking site with the most unique users in this summer

Jul 30, 2015

#OTA

Japanese overseas travelers were down 7.8% in June and 4.9% in the first half of 2015

Jul 29, 2015

#JapaneseOverseasTravelerResult

Visitors from China, Korea and Taiwan to Japan accounted for more than 60% of the total in the first half of 2015

Jul 29, 2015

#ForeignVisitorArrivalResult

Japanese overseas travelers resulted in a year-to-date decrease of 5.1% including a decrease of 6.7% in July 2015

Foreign visitors to Japan already total more than 11 million adding record-high 1.92 million for July 2015

Comparison of visitors to Japan from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in June 2015

Travel spending in Japan by foreign visitors resulted in increase of 82.5% for the first quarter of FY2015

Overnight foreign travelers from East Asia in Kyoto accounted for 46% of the total in June 2015

Universal Studio Japan ranks 2nd with an increase of 21% in theme park visitor in 2015, following Tokyo Disneyland

Japan’s leading OTA Rakuten Travel resulted in record-high transactions for the 2nd quarter of FY2015

‘Travel alone’ was overwhelmingly searched on Google in Japan for the summer holiday of 2015

Japan Tourism Agency points out issues on the sharing economy marketplace for private houses including airbnb

Japanese traffic information provider Hyojito launches a duty-free search website for foreign visitors to Japan

The Japanese luxury resort company Hoshino Resort acquires four ANA Crown Plaza properties at about 40 billion JPY

Booking.com to expand its business in Japan with a goal to increase contract hotels 10,000 by the end of 2016

Comparison of travel sales among top five Japanese companies in May 2015, H.I.S. doubled sales for inbound travel

A share of young male LCC users exceeds 50% in Japan - JTM survey

Rakuten CEO is optimistic about 100 million foreign visitors to Japan, accelerated by LCC and communication infrastructure development

JTB starts its first electric ticket service on smart phone in tie-ups with Paypal

ASEAN students in Japan contributes to a new tourism information media for foreign travelers to Japan

Rakuten Travel is a Japanese online travel booking site with the most unique users in this summer

Japanese overseas travelers were down 7.8% in June and 4.9% in the first half of 2015

Visitors from China, Korea and Taiwan to Japan accounted for more than 60% of the total in the first half of 2015

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