The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its 2024 revenue forecasts for the world's airlines. Net income in 2023 is expected to be $23.3 billion...
The removal of travel restrictions in response to the new coronavirus has rekindled travel to Japan by people from South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan...
NTT Data will develop capsule hotels that automatically measure heart and respiratory rates while sleeping, starting in the summer of 2024. Sleep data will be analyzed by artificial intelligence (AI) to propose measures to improve sleep for guests...
The Palace Hotel will increase the number of hotels by 2.5 times by 2030. The Imperial Hotel will open its first new hotel in 30 years. These hotels envision filling most of the guest rooms with foreign guests...
While "sports hospitality," in which spectators are treated to luxurious services at sporting events, is familiar overseas, it is still in its infancy in Japan...
Major foreign hotel operators are promoting a business strategy called "collection," which is more "individuality" than "unity." It is a method of loose collaboration among hotel owners in various regions while maintaining a degree of freedom...
Singapore's "Soneva" and Hong Kong's "Rosewood" plan to expand into Okinawa and other areas. As tourism to Japan recovers with the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, they aim to capture lodging demand from wealthy foreigners...
The 8th Organic Lifestyle EXPO was held for three days, from September 14 to 16, 2023, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center. Mr. Graham Wolland, known as an upcycling artist in the UK, was standing at the booth of the Aromatherapy Company...
Neo Career (Shinjuku, Tokyo), a human resources services company, and others held a joint corporate information session on the Metaverse this summer, with approximately 750 companies exhibiting, four times as many as six months earlier...
Transportation to rural areas is a challenge in attracting wealthy foreigners. Honda will sell the product as a package with local experiential services to help attract affluent visitors....
While there has been a rapid recovery in the number of foreign visitors to Japan, there is also an aim to have residents enjoy the area in cooperation with businesses and hotels...
In this age, when the nature of capitalism and the monetary economy is being reexamined, efforts to return to "barter" and exchange unused clothing and other items are attracting attention...
According to the White Paper on Gender Equality, 45% of Japan's employed population is female. However, the percentage of women in management positions is only 12.9%. The difference with foreign countries, where more than 30% are in the market, is evident...
According to a survey by the Japan Capsule Toy Association, the capsule toy market became worth 72 billion yen in the fiscal year 2022. The increase in the number of specialty capsule toy stores supports the popularity...
"Nikkei Woman," a monthly magazine of Nikkei Group for working women, conducted the "Corporate Women's Activity Survey" and compiled the 2023 edition of "The 100 Best Companies for Women in Business."...
Royal Holdings (HD) launched a full-fledged system in April in which artificial intelligence (AI) proposes room rates at all 43 directly managed hotel facilities. Based on past reservations and competitor data, it derives sales prices that lead to higher unit prices and occupancy rates...
Hilton in the U.S. will double the number of domestic hubs to 40 by 2026, mainly in rural areas such as Toyama. It will also consider contracting the management of facilities that are experiencing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
MLIT has shifted the emphasis of its tourism policy from "quantity" to "quality," including attracting wealthy foreign visitors and extending the length of their stay. The proposal is to increase the number of nights per person in inbound tourism by 10 percent...
Frozen foods have taken root in households as an alternative to eating out under the new coronavirus, with the market size reaching a record high in 2022. Sales are strong despite high prices, and significant food suppliers such as Nichirei Foods are introducing high-value-added products as staple foods...
The increase in room rates is particularly noticeable in the high-price range hotels, which is 30% higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of inbound tourists (foreigners visiting Japan) is more likely to increase further after the completion of the waterfront measures by the end of April...
Old private homes with tatami mats and alcoves are gaining popularity. The high evaluation of the architecture, filled with good ancient Japanese culture, combined with the sense of affordability due to the weak yen, stimulates the desire to purchase...
Japan is truly a modern-day "Zipangu," the land of gold, where treasure-trove sleeps, with abundant second-hand goods, including hit products and rarities from the 1980s and 1990s, when Japanese products dominated the World. More and more people are visiting Japan for shopping...
AEON will label and sell up to 23 items, including vegetables, from June onward. European companies are leading the way in "decarbonization labels" that inform consumers about the level of emission reductions...
The popularity of "real bookstores" is reviving in the United States. The new coronavirus rekindled the reading boom, and U.S. consumers rediscovered the pleasure of visiting bookstores and buying paper books...
The decline in citrus imports is also a long-term effect of changing consumer preferences. A fruit and vegetable distributor noted, "In recent years, people prefer sweeter fruit."...
According to a detailed labor force survey released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 14th, the number of people who became non-regular staff or employees because of "I want to work when it's convenient for me" was 6.79 million on average in 2022...
As the rush to raise the prices of manufacturers' products continues, the presence of private brands (PB) in supermarkets is expanding. The industry group's 2022 survey showed that the percentage of supermarkets that carry PB reached 76.5%...
Okura will increase the number of hubs, especially in Southeast Asia and other foreign countries. With the COVID-19 pandemic under control, international tourist and business traffic will grow again...
