JTB eyes return to profit growth on solid outbound, inbound travel
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JTB sees increasing sales from Japanese people traveling overseas as the cost per person for travel goes up. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
TOKYO — Leading Japanese travel agency JTB projects a return to profit growth for the first time in four years, as a prolonged slump in its domestic business is offset by both inbound tourists and Japanese traveling abroad.