'Infected' Japanese who allegedly caused flight delay at Narita arrested
A man was arrested Friday in Chiba Prefecture on suspicion of business obstruction after allegedly delaying a flight at Narita Airport just before takeoff the previous day by telling the crew he had the novel coronavirus. Norihiro Kojima, 69, is suspected of delaying a Jetstar ...
Entire Chicago flight let into Narita Airport without coronavirus procedures
A quarantine mishap over novel coronavirus procedures occurred at Narita International Airport involving 92 passengers and crew members of an All Nippon Airways flight that arrived from Chicago, the health ministry said Friday. The ANA flight arrived at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Thursday, ...
Cathay Pacific to temporarily suspend Japan flights from Monday amid coronavirus restrictions
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. will suspend flights to and from Japan for three weeks after the Japanese government tightened quarantine rules on people arriving from Hong Kong. Flights to and from Hong Kong and four Japanese airports and cities — Tokyo's Haneda Airport, Fukuoka, Nagoya ...
Concerns linger as tests of new Haneda routes over Tokyo wrap up
The transport ministry said Thursday it has completed tests for new flight paths to Haneda Airport, which involved arriving aircraft flying over central Tokyo at a low altitude for the first time. The tests were conducted over seven days between Feb. 2 and Feb. 12. ...
Laotian arrested in Japan for allegedly trying to export ivory taken from zoo
Police on Monday arrested a Laotian on suspicion of trying to export ivory and other items he allegedly took from a Japanese zoo where he worked, in violation of the customs law. The Chiba Prefectural Police's Narita International Airport Police Station has not disclosed whether ...
Robots cleaning up at stations and airports in labor-hungry Japan
More and more unmanned cleaning robots are being used in Japan, mainly at public transportation facilities, amid severe labor shortages. Faced with difficulties securing enough workers, Central Japan Railway Co. started using four robots this year to clean Nagoya Station and other locations, hoping that ...
Tokyo taxi firms tie up to offer autonomous driving experience for foreign visitors
A consortium of companies is offering foreign visitors in Tokyo a taste of autonomous driving, in the world's first demonstration of a project that uses both an airport shuttle bus and a self-driving taxi to provide smooth travel from the airport to the Marunouchi ...
Narita Airport to apply for permission to start runway extension plan
The operator of Narita Airport plans to soon move forward with its plan to extend one of its two runways and build a third by submitting an application to the transport ministry, sources familiar with the move said Saturday. After receiving the application, the Land, ...
The Tokyo area's two international gateways are looking to push Japan's soaring tourist numbers even higher while also putting their Asian rivals on notice by adding more international flights ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Japan's biggest airport, Haneda, is set to add 50 international ...
Ahead of Typhoon Hagibis, Narita might wave off all landings Saturday to prevent another bottleneck
Narita Airport is considering rejecting all landings Saturday to prevent passengers from being stranded by the transport disruptions expected from Typhoon Hagibis.
Japan to expand use of customs declaration app ahead of Olympics
The government will expand the use of electronic customs declarations at airports to facilitate the entry of inbound passengers ahead of next year's Tokyo Games. The system allows passengers to submit customs declarations electronically using a smartphone app while waiting for their baggage, according to ...
