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The Tokyo 2045 Journal

Hotel vertiports, Japan’s advanced air mobility market, eVTOL certification, routes and fares, rooftop property value, noise and city planning. Dated source reviews alongside an imagined future.

Market trends · 5 articles

Market watch · Japan4 min read

Japan’s advanced air mobility market: a 2026 evidence check

Recent Japanese feasibility studies and infrastructure planning point toward regional networks, but announced targets are not commercial air taxi services.

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Market trendsRoutes & fares

Real estate & vertiports5 min read

What is a vertiport worth to a building?

Developers are paying rent for rooftops and building vertiports at major destinations—but no independently verified valuation premium exists yet.

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Rooftops & real estateMarket trends

Aircraft & certification5 min read

eVTOL certification in 2026: who is closest to carrying passengers

Type certificates, operating rules and pilot programmes are converging—slowly. Where Joby, Archer, Vertical, EHang and the rest actually stand.

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Aircraft & certificationMarket trends

Routes & fares5 min read

Air taxi routes and fares: what is actually announced

Central Tokyo to Narita in about 15 minutes, taxi-comparable pricing, Kansai postponed to FY2028. The announced plans—and the difference between a route and a ticket.

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Routes & faresMarket trends

Hotels & vertiports5 min read

Wynn Al Marjan Island vertiport: the resort connection taking shape

Skyports plans a vertiport integrated within the Wynn resort as Ras Al Khaimah moves toward a four-site air taxi network. What the September 2026 agreement does—and does not—confirm.

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Hotels & hospitalityMarket trends

Concept essays explore fictional designs. Market articles cite real announcements and distinguish plans from operations. All images are AI-generated conceptual illustrations.