Almost everyone who comes to Tokyo via Narita International Airport notices the lush green fields surrounding the runways and terminal buildings. It's a nice sight after sitting on an airplane for so long. Some new arrivals get confused, however. "This can't be Tokyo," I once ...
hiba Pref. Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture has unveiled self-service baggage drop machines for international flights. Set to be introduced on Thursday, the baggage machines, along with check-in devices, are expected to help shorten the average check-in and baggage drop-off time from some 20 minutes ...
The number of foreign passengers who traveled to and from Narita International Airport aboard international flights in 2016 exceeded that of Japanese passengers for the first time since its opening in 1978, the airport's operator said Thursday. Foreign passengers increased 11 percent from 2015 to ...
Few passengers are using the fast-lane immigration service at Narita International Airport, four months after Tokyo's main gateway became the first airport in Japan to introduce the service, the transport ministry and the airport's operator said Saturday. The average number of daily users stands at ...
The number of foreign travelers flying to or out of Narita airport near Tokyo surged 21 percent in the year ended March to a record 12.9 million, the airport operator said Wednesday. The growth compares with a decline of 3 percent in the number of ...
Ric O'Barry, a prominent advocate for ending the dolphin hunt in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, was detained Tuesday by immigration authorities at Narita International Airport. O'Barry, who was featured prominently in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" about the Taiji hunt, was barred entry when immigration officials ...
ANA Holdings Inc. will accept 15 Myanmar trainees starting at the end of this month to work in ground services at Narita airport, including in operating passenger boarding bridges and loading cargo. The major Japanese airline said this week it will train the workers at ...
Tens of thousands of vacationers flew abroad from airports in the Tokyo and Osaka areas as Japan's summer exodus began Saturday. The number of international travelers passing through Narita airport is expected to total 871,500 during the 10 days of the Bon holiday season from ...
Japan's main gateway, Narita International Airport, is set to get SIM card vending machines targeting an increasing number of inbound tourists starting next Friday, NTT Communications Corp. said. The cards, aptly named Prepaid SIM for Japan, can be purchased along with smartphones, mobile routers and ...
Chinese travelers going on duty-free buying frenzies at Narita International Airport are gumming up the works by causing delays to China-bound flights. But the disruptions, while a headache for airline operations, are also a bonanza as Chinese travelers' deep pockets are helping to boost retail ...
A man in his 30s who was hospitalized with a fever after returning to Japan from Guinea has tested negative for Ebola, the health ministry said Thursday. The man arrived Wednesday night at Narita International Airport after spending three months in the West African state ...
Prosecutors do not plan to indict a former Thai police official who was arrested at Narita International Airport last month on suspicion of bringing a loaded handgun into the country, sources said Monday. Comronwit Toopgrajank, 60, identified by the Thai Embassy in Tokyo as a ...
