Special Rates For Travelers
By eTN Staff Writer
Agoda.com, Asia's global hotel site and part of Nasdaq-listed Priceline.com, has secured special rates for travelers heading to Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival.
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Ibaraki Airport
By MARIKO SANCHANTA
Japan will inaugurate its 98th airport this week when Ibaraki Airport, northeast of Tokyo, opens Thursday. One small hitch: It offers only a single flight a day to Seoul.
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Hawaiian Airlines
By Alan Yonan Jr.
Hawaiian Airlines will be competing against heavyweights Delta, American, United and Continental airlines in its bid to win coveted slots opening up at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
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Streamlining Its Management Structure
By eTN Staff Writer
Beginning February 8, 2010, the Japan Airlines Group will have a new board of directors at the helm of its holding company, Japan Airlines Corporation (JALS), and of its main operating company Japan A
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Japan Tourism Agency Wants More Chinese Visitors
By Chris Cooper and Kiyotaka Matsuda
Japan’s state-run tourism agency wants to end a salary requirement imposed on individual mainland Chinese tourists to help boost visitor numbers and offset an aging domestic population.
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New Top Management Positions
By eTN Staff Writer
Beginning February 1, 2010, Japan Airlines Group will have new executives at the the helm.
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Visitor Numbers To Japan Plunge
TOKYO — Foreign visitor numbers to Japan last year plunged at the fastest pace in nearly four decades due to the global recession, a strong yen and the swine flu scare, official data showed Monday.
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Malaysia Wants More Japanese Tourists
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - In a bid to draw more tourists from Japan, Malaysia will turn its attention to a different market - the secondary cities of Japan.
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Japan Airlines Bankruptcy Filing
By JAMES SIMMS
A good first step. Japan Airlines' bankruptcy filing Tuesday is being welcomed by those who are calling for more accountability in Japan Inc.'s affairs.
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Skymark Airlines
By James Simms
A Japanese airline making money?
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Japanese Airlines
By Daisuke Wakabayashi
TOKYO - The Japanese government asked the state-backed Development Bank of Japan to extend more financial support to Japan Airlines Corp. in Tokyo's latest measure to assist the ailing carrier.
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Japan-US "Open Skies" Agreement
By John Hughes and Chris Cooper
The U.S. and Japan agreed on a draft “Open Skies” treaty, clearing the way for carriers including United Airlines, All Nippon Airways Co., and Continental Airlines Inc.
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US Gains Access To Haneda Airport
By eTN Staff Writer
US and Japanese government negotiators have signed an agreement on Open Skies that will establish and foster a healthy global aviation framework in the Pacific Rim and replace the existing bilateral a
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Short-Term Reduction
By eTN Staff Writer
Responding to market conditions, the JAL Group (JAL) will make temporary adjustments to its international flight frequency and fleet plan for the second half of fiscal year 2009, the year ending March
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Japan
The total number of tourists to Japan is down 23.1% during the first ten months of 2009 compared with the first ten months of 2008, a report on Nov.
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Revitalization Of Japan Airlines
By eTN Staff Writer
Japan Air Lines submitted an application to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism today for the confirmation that should an event which would interfere with its flight operation
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Key Woos Japanese Tourists
Prime Minister John Key donned his tourism minister's hat in central Tokyo yesterday to promote the rugby World Cup and try to boost flagging numbers of Japanese visitors to New Zealand.
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Chinese Tourism To Japan
NAGOYA - The Japanese tourism minister said Sunday the government will consider granting tourist visas to more individual travellers from China by easing current requirements that have been viewed as
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Japan Airlines
Japan’s three largest banks have decided to reject the Transport Ministry’s rehabilitation plan for their loan customer Japan Airlines Corp., the Nikkei newspaper reported.
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Japan Landing Rights
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
The Kenyan government has requested Japan to consider giving traffic rights to Kenya Airways to establish a direct flight between Kenya and Japan.
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