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 Online Travel Overview Tenth Edition
Category: Published: May 2018 Analysts: Haruo Ushiba, Claudia Unger, Maggie Rauch US $595Japan’s economy continues its journey through troubled waters with GDP growth hovering around a modest 1% for the fourth consecutive year. Slowing exports and an aging population are major contributing...
Japan Online Travel Overview Ninth Edition
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: April 2017 Analysts: Haruo Ushiba, Coney Dongre, Deepak Jain, Maggie Rauch US $995Japan is the second largest travel market in Asia Pacific, and one of the region’s most established online travel markets. While a number of factors are contributing to slowing domestic growth, the...
Asia Pacific Online Travel Overview Eighth Edition
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: October 2015 Analysts: Maggie Rauch, Charlie Li, Coney Dongre, Haruo Ushiba, Karen Burka, Chetan Kapoor, Deepak Jain US $1,995Despite considerable political and economic pressures, the Asia Pacific (APAC) region maintained its lead as the world’s largest travel market in 2014, accounting for 30% of global travel market...
Japan Online Travel Overview Eighth Edition: Inbound on the Rebound
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: September 2015 Analysts: Haruo Ushiba, Karen Burka, Deepak Jain, Maggie Rauch US $995Despite domestic travel flagging in the face of a lukewarm economy, Japan’s travel market posted its second straight year of 6% growth in local currency terms in 2014. Thanks to aggressive online...
Japan Online Travel Overview Seventh Edition
Category: Market Overview & Sizing Published: September 2014 Analysts: Deepak Jain, Haruo Ushiba, Chetan Kapoor, Maggie Rauch US $995While gross bookings for Japan's total travel market grew 7% in local currency terms in 2013, a weakened yen translated this uptick into declines in dollar terms, causing the market to slide...