With more than 40 years of experience in the Japanese travel industry, Mr. Ushiba will broaden Phocuswright’s reach into Asia. Along with analysis of the Japanese travel marketplace, Haruo will increase Phocuswright’s brand awareness in the region with syndicated and custom research sales. He is a founding member of the Japan Aviation Management Research (JAMR), whose aim is to look into the future of the airline business as it enters a new era of globalization. Haruo has been in various management positions with JAL Group throughout his career. He holds a B.A. in commerce from Keio University.
Areas of Research
Haruo's depth of experience and expertise are unmatched in the Japanese travel industry. He has a particularly keen understanding of the airline industry in Japan and across Asia.
Japan Travel Market 2020-2024: By the Numbers
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: June 2021 Analysts: Coney Dongre, Haruo UshibaAs with every major travel market, Japan's travel industry has been deeply affected by the pandemic. While initially stable and permitting of domestic travel, several coronavirus case infection waves...
Japan Travel Market Report 2020-2024
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: June 2021 Analysts: Coney Dongre, Haruo Ushiba US $795The Japan travel market faces significant challenges, following a year of pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions. While the nation was originally lauded for its handling of the outbreak, subsequent...
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Japan Online Travel 2019: By the Numbers
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: March 2019 Analysts: Haruo Ushiba, Coney Dongre, Deepak Jain, Maggie RauchJapan remains the second-largest travel market in APAC, well behind China, but is more than three times the size of India as well as Australia/New Zealand (ANZ). Market growth will accelerate to nearly...
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Japan Online Travel 2019: Key Developments
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: March 2019 Analysts: Haruo Ushiba, Cathy Walsh, Coney Dongre, Deepak Jain, Maggie RauchFueled partly by a surge in inbound travelers with a strong preference for digital booking, online travel bookings in Japan are growing more than twice as fast as the overall travel market. In addition,...
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Japan Online Travel Overview
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: March 2019 Analysts: Haruo Ushiba, Coney Dongre, Deepak Jain, Maggie Rauch US $995While online travel bookings in Japan are advancing rapidly, offline channels, including traditional retail agencies, remain vital and captured nearly six in 10 bookings in 2018. Both the air and hotel...