SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 30, 2025–
JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc. (JTBGMT), headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo and led by President & CEO Tsuneo Ishida has officially launched “SUNRISE TOURS Premier” recently. Aimed at affluent inbound travelers seeking luxurious and exclusive experiences and serves as a sister brand to “SUNRISE TOURS”. To commemorate the launch, JTBGMT introduces the Premier “Helicopter Cruise! Mt. Fuji & Tokyo Half-day Private Morning Tour” available for overseas bookings starting April 2025.
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Tour Highlights
1. 80-Minute Aerial Helicopter Tour of Mount Fuji: SUNRISE TOURS Premier offers an 80-minute helicopter ride over Mount Fuji. A step up from SUNRISE TOURS’ popular ‘1-Day Mt. Fuji & Hakone Tour’ a 12 hour round trip from Tokyo. SUNRISE TOURS Premier will soon announce higher-quality tour experience. A half-day morning itinerary offering new experiential value of 80-minute scenic flight, allowing travelers to take in the majestic beauty of Mount Fuji from above.
2. A Private Tour for Special Anniversaries: Accommodating up to four guests per group, the helicopter tour is perfect for celebrating birthdays, proposals, wedding anniversaries, and other special occasions. It promises a luxurious experience and breathtaking aerial views, creating lifelong memories.
Booking Information
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Future Outlook
As a leading company in Japan’s inbound travel industry, JTBGMT continues to drive innovation and addresses market challenges through new initiatives. With the launch of the scenic helicopter private tour, SUNRISE TOURS Premier will expand its lineup of exclusive, high-value private experiences. By offering exceptional travel opportunities to international travelers, the brand aims to foster deeper connections and create unforgettable moments.
SUNRISE TOURS Overview
Since its launch in 1964, SUNRISE TOURS has served over 8 billion foreign tourists, becoming Japan’s first package tour brand for foreign tourists.
*1 The red “JTB” logo is the official corporate logo of JTB Corp. and is not the logo of JTBGMT.
Mt. Fuji Japan snow-capped mountain above clouds.
At least 12 people including children were killed overnight in Gaza by Israeli strikes, hospital workers said Wednesday.
The pre-dawn strikes hit three houses in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp, according to staff at the Al-Aqsa hospital, which received the bodies. Among the dead were three children, including two brothers whose bodies arrived in pieces, according to the hospital’s morgue.
Israel has carried out daily strikes on Gaza since ending its ceasefire with Hamas last month. It has cut off the territory’s 2 million Palestinians from all imports, including food and medicine, since the beginning of March in what it says is an attempt to pressure the militant group to release hostages.
The strikes come after more than two dozen people were killed earlier this week in Gaza City and Beit Lahiya.
Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
Here’s the latest:
Sirens sounded for two minutes across Israel Wednesday morning, as the country came to a standstill marking its memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of attacks.
Jets flew over the military cemetery at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commemorated the day in an opening ceremony.
Speaking about Hamas’ Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which launched the war, Netanyahu said the country was determined to settle the score with those who committed atrocities. “Our sons and daughters are unwilling to hold back on what the monsters who attacked us a year and a half ago have done,” he said.
In southern Israel, friends and relatives gathered near Reim. The dusty field that hosted the music festival there was just 3.3 km from the Gaza border. More than 10%, or over 360, of the festival’s attendees were killed and others were kidnapped.
“We are still in a war, we can’t digest or clearly summarize everything,” said Tal Zoherman whose 73-year-old father Motti was killed at the festival. “We try to come here and be together, united and to even celebrate him in our way and to hope for a better future.”
Israel’s military said it arrested Ali Samoudi, a well-known journalist, in an overnight raid in Jenin, a Palestinian city in the north of the territory.
Samoudi previously worked for international outlets including CNN and Al Jazeera. In 2022, he was injured in the same spray of gunfire that killed prominent Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. US officials say Akleh was shot dead by an Israeli sniper.
Israel’s military said Samoudi was affiliated with and transfered funds for the Islamic Jihad militant group, without providing evidence. They said Samoudi had been transferred to Israel’s security forces.
Samoudi’s arrest is the latest of dozens of Palestinian journalists detained by Israel since the start Israel’s war with Hamas, which began on Oct. 7,2023.
Joseph Aoun, who met with a U.S. military delegation Wednesday, urged it to pressure Israel to withdraw from areas it still controls in the country and to release Lebanese prisoners.
The delegation was headed by U.S. Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers, the Co-Chairman of the Cessation of Hostilities Implementation Mechanism.
Aoun told the American delegation that the Lebanese army is carrying out its work along the border with Israel, where troops have been confiscating weapons and preventing armed presence.
A statement released by Aoun’s office said that Jeffers, who had held the post since before the Israel-Hezbollah war ended in late November, will be replaced by Maj. Gen. Michael J. Leeney. It added that Leeney also attended Wednesday’s meeting.
People stand still to observe two minutes of silence as air raid sirens sound marking the Israel’s annual Memorial Day at the site of Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Palestinians receive donated food at a distribution center in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Freed Palestinian prisoner Mohammad Al-Sharif, who was detain by the Israeli army during its ground operation in the Gaza Strip, arrives at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, after his release from an Israeli prison, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Asaad Al-Nsasrah, a paramedic with the Red Crescent whose colleagues were killed by Israeli army in southern Gaza, arrives at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, after being released from an Israeli prison. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Smoke rises to the sky in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Freed Palestinian prisoner Samir Abu Ghanem, who was detain by the Israeli army during its ground operation in the Gaza Strip, arrives at al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, after his release from an Israeli prison, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
People stand still by their cars to observe two minutes of silence as air raid sirens sound marking the Israel’s annual Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers and victims of nationalistic attacks in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Smoke rises to the sky in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People stand still to observe two minutes of silence as air raid sirens sound marking the Israel’s annual Memorial Day at the site of Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People stand still to observe two minutes of silence as air raid sirens sound marking the Israel’s annual Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers and victims of nationalistic attacks in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israeli soldiers have their morning prayer ahead of two minutes of silence, as air raid sirens sound marking the Israel’s annual Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers and victims of nationalistic attacks at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
People stand still to observe two minutes of silence as air raid sirens sound marking the Israel’s annual Memorial Day at the site of Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People and Israeli soldiers stand during two minutes of silence as air raid sirens sound marking the Israel’s annual Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers and victims of nationalistic attacks at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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