Tag: "digital"
Cross-boarder EC payment service ‘Alipay+’ increased payment volume in Japan by 30%, more used for medical services and entertainments
Cross-boarder EC payment service ‘Alipay+’ increased payment volume in Japan for the first nine months of 2025 by 30% year on year, growing payments in medical services, cosmetics, vending machines and entertainments.
Traveloka introduces a payment service for hotels in strategic partnership with NETSTARS, a Japanese cashless payment platform
Traveloka signed a strategic partnership with NETSTARS, a Japanese cashless payment platform, to introduce ‘StarPay-Biz for Hotel,’ a payment platform service exclusively for hotels provided by NETSTARS.
JTB launches a new sharing service for baggage delivery in Japan to match a traveler with a driver
JTB has launched a new sharing service ‘Baggage GO’ to match a traveler who wants to deliver baggage in a tourist destination with a driver who wants to take it on a system.
JR East, a Japanese railway company, extends a ticketless service for foreign travelers to Shinkansen and Narita Express
JR East, a Japanese railway company covering eastern Japan, has begun linking ‘Welcome Suica Mobile,’ an app for international visitors to Japan, with JR-EAST Train Reservation,’ a ticket booking platform.
Activity booking management system ‘JTB BÓKUN’ launches a new system linkage to manage both domestic and overseas bookings
‘JTB BÓKUN,’ an activity booking management system, has launched a new system linkage with ‘OMUSUBI,’ a SEEC’s booking management system to manage bookings from multiple OTAs.
QR code for Shinkansen on Wechat mini program is now available for Chinese travelers, who can pass through the gate by holding it on
JR Tokai, JR West Japan and JR Kyushu have begun selling QR code for Shinkansen, instead of paper tickets, for Chinese travelers on Wechat mini program, working with Linktivity.
Yahoo! Search offers a function for a user to create travel routes in conversation with generative AI
ahoo! Search has begun offering a AI assistant function for a user to create travel routes in conversation with generative AI.
A Nihonbashi tour in Tokyo remotely guided by an avatar robot on a traveler’s shoulder is launched
A new tour guided by avatar robot ‘OriHime’ in Nihonbashi area was launched. A pilot can guide a traveler through the "OriHime" that sets on your shoulders, allowing them to walk and talk.
JTB launches a new inbound travel strategy to increase transactions by 2.7 times by 2030
JTB launched a new inbound travel strategy ‘Inbound VISION 2030' with goals to increase transactions by 2.7 times and gross profit by 2.9 times by 2030 compared to 2025.
Major three railway companies of Japan begin a new Shinkansen booking service on LINE, the biggest communication app in Japan
JR Tokai, JR West Japan and JR Kyushu will begin a new Shinkansen booking service on LINE, the biggest communication app in Japan. PayPay, a digital wallet, can be selected as payment.
A Japanese digital ticket system provider deals with bus tour tickets in a port-of-call city for cruise passengers
Lecip Holdings has begun dealing with tour bus ticket on the digital ticket system ‘QUICK TRIP Ticket’ for cruise passengers who join a tour in Ishigaki Island.
A new audio streaming solution is launched in Japan for tour participants to share voices on smartphone in real time
A new audio streaming service ‘MORPHONE’ is launched in the tourism market. The cloud-based service, without downloading an app, distributes audio to tour participants on their smartphones all at once.
Yahoo! Search launches a generative AI service to summarize word-of-mouth of 47,000 commercial facilities in Japan
LINE Yahoo has begun offering a new generative AI service on Yahoo! Search to summarize word-of mouth of 47,000 commercial facilities.
NAVITIME, a Japanese navigation app, provides ‘summer retreat mode’ on its travel planning & booking service
NAVITIME JAPAN has begun providing ‘‘summer retreat mode’ on its travel planning & booking service ‘NAVITIME Travel’ to propose summer retreat destinations.
JTB launches digital ticket touring 30 cultural facilities nationwide in Japan for international travelers in partnership with Japan Cultural Expo 2.0
JTB and Japan Art Council Japan Cultural Expo 2.0 has started selling digital ticket packaging admissions of 30 Japan Cultural Expo 2.0-related facilities nationwide in Japan.
Traveloka President Caesar Indra talks about the business strategy for the Japanese market as the largest OTA in Southeast Asia
Traveloka President Caesar Indra, who attended WiT Japan 2025, talked about the strategy for the Japanese market and the OTA’s strengths.
Traveloka, a major OTA in Asia, enables a user to exchange Traveloka points to ‘Ponta points,’ a Japan’s major point program
Traveloka will start enabling a user to exchange Traveloka points to ‘Ponta points,’ a Japan’s major point program. The exchange service is available in about 320,000 Ponta-affiliated shops
ANA extends NDC-based air ticketing on Trip.com to 11 Asian markets in addition to Japan
ANA extended NDC-based air ticketing on Trip.com to 12 Asian markets, where a user can change and refund ANA tickets in the same manner as the ANA official website.
JTB and Hitachi work together for biometric authentication-based digital ticket on smartphone
JTB and Hitachi have reached an agreement to work together for tourism digital transformation. The first trial will begin in Shodoshima by testing an biometric authentication-based tour digital ticket.
Japanese private railway Odakyu extends the credit card touch payment system to improve convenience for international visitors
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.
