Japan

From annual growth of close to 5 % in recent years, the Asian exhibition industry is set to fall by 75 % in 2020. According to a study conducted by Business Strategies Group (BSG) on behalf of UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, net floor space sold is set to fall from 24.5 million m2 in 2019...

In the same way as Japan Airlines (JAL), which relaunched its Paris service on 1 July, All Nippon Airways (ANA) will be resuming its Paris-Tokyo route. From 1 August, the Japanese carrier will initially offer two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays. While the timetables will be the same as before...

Why is JAL resuming flights to France at a time when Japan has not reopened its borders and it is advisable to avoid Tokyo, which has been hit by a new wave of infections? What markets is the company targeting? Gilles Binard - The resumption of our commercial flights on the Paris-Tokyo route began on 1st...

Haneda airport has one major advantage: it is located just 30 minutes by public transport from the heart of Tokyo, compared with over an hour for the Narita hub. This advantage is also supported by the local authorities, as the Japanese government is helping Haneda to grow by freeing up air slots. The recent award of...

Since 18 December, a new tool has been in operation at Osaka International Airport. This "Pocketalk", designed by Sourcenext, is a real-time automatic translation system for All Nippon Airways teams. 200 devices of this type will soon be deployed in around fifty Japanese airports, with a view to simplifying...

Finnair continues to expand its services to Japan. In December, the Finnish carrier will become the only European carrier to fly to Sapporo twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays. Sapporo New Chitose International Airport has not been served by a European carrier since KLM left in 2002. The flight...

By the end of 2020, Hyatt Hotels Corporation will offer 25% additional rooms in Asia. This expansion will affect all the group's brands, with the grand luxury segment best represented by five Park Hyatt hotels, but also by five hotels under the more contemporary Andaz brand in the 4/5 star segment. The next largest number of...

Swiss will be expanding its intercontinental network by 2020 with new routes to Washington and Osaka from its Zurich hub, in addition to the year-round service to Miami from March, which until now has only been offered in winter. From 26 March onwards, with daily frequencies, the...

Almost ten years after introducing the horizontal seat-bed to the Japanese market, All Nippon Airways is unveiling its latest product innovations for business customers. On 11 July, the Japanese airline presented its two new front classes, designed with the architect Kengo Kuma. The business class, dubbed "The Room", aims to establish itself as...

Until 2018, Airbnb's growth in Japan had been remarkable. Having arrived in the Japanese archipelago in 2015, the platform had experienced some of its strongest growth there, with a peak of 62,000 accommodations recorded in mid-2018. This success was due in particular to a shortage of hotels in urban centres, with occupancy rates hovering around...

Following the inauguration of its first hotel in Paris in September 2018, Fauchon Hospitality will open a second establishment in Kyoto in 2020. Through its boutiques, cafés and bakeries, the brand has been present in Japan for 47 years. Building on its already well-established reputation, the luxury brand will set up in the heart of the former imperial capital, in...

Autonomous vehicles are not just for Uber and other American giants. The investments made in this field by All Nippon Airways (ANA) over the last few months bear witness to this. After an initial phase of tests in February 2018, the Japanese airline has begun experimenting with an autonomous bus on its...

Will we soon be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo for less than 500 euros return? Still inconceivable five years ago, this prospect is no longer utopian with the rise of long-haul low-cost airlines. For two or three years now, airlines such as Scoot (Singapore), AirAsia X (Malaysia) and Nokscoot...

Hyatt Centric, the lifestyle arm of the American group targeting millennials, is expanding into Asia-Pacific with the opening of a hotel in Tokyo. "Hyatt Centric Ginza Tokyo is the brand's nineteenth property worldwide and its first hotel in the Asia-Pacific region. We are delighted with this development and...

Moxy Hotels is continuing its international expansion by setting up in Japan. The opening of two hotels in Tokyo and Osaka marks the start of the Asia-Pacific expansion of Marriott's budget lifestyle brand. After an initial establishment opened this summer in Bandung, Indonesia, it is now in the Japanese capital that Moxy...

Three years after launching its in-flight connectivity offer, JAL is now offering free access to all travellers, on its domestic network only. In the skies over Japan, all flights operated by JAL and its subsidiary JTA (Japan Transocean Air) have been covered since 20 June, provided of course...

How did traffic between France and Japan fare in 2016? Moriyuki Tanemura - From January to September, we recorded an increase of 45 % on the Paris-Tokyo route compared with the previous year. On this highly competitive route, the All Nippon Airways product remains a benchmark for business passengers. We are proud to be...

IDENTITY CARD Formalities A visa is not required for a stay of less than 90 days. 00 81 + city code + number. Time difference +7 hours in summer and +8 hours in winter. Currency The yen (JPY). 1 euro = 113 JPY (August 2016). Best season Prefer...

We know what the media want to show us about Tokyo. Generally speaking, this means crowded pavements, pedestrian crossings that cut diagonally across the streets, young men and women dressed up in the style of their manga gods, or bars where you can drink sake and...

Getting to Marunouchi is easy: just get off at Tokyo Station, the sprawling central station. Right in the heart of the city, on the steps of the Imperial Palace Gardens. A suburb of Edo Castle during the feudal era, Marunouchi - 'in the enclosure' - saw its destiny change at the end of the 19th century with the...