Japan to build virus test centers near airports for overseas travelers
Authorities hope with the planned facilities they can increase the number of PCR tests that can be performed daily and reduce virus testing times to a few hours.
New Japan LCC Zipair makes aviation debut with only cargo on first flight
Low-cost carrier Zipair Tokyo's first flight took off with only cargo on board instead of people due to the dearth in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. For the time being, the carrier, set up by Japan Airlines, will run four round-trip flights per week ...
Passengers leaving Japan through Narita fell 98.7% through May 23
The number slumped to 11,800 due mainly to entry restrictions imposed by many countries amid the pandemic.
Narita Airport saw record-low number of travelers during Golden Week
The number of travelers during the holiday period between April 24 and May 6 dropped 99 percent from a year earlier to about 12,700.
Temperature checks expanded to four more airports, including Narita and Kansai International
The transport ministry started measuring passengers during boarding Friday to contain the novel coronavirus.
Cardboard boxes replace hotel rooms at Narita as Japan struggles with returnees
Travel restrictions are keeping Narita Airport — Japan’s gateway to the world — eerily quiet. Over the past week or so, the usual bustle from international travelers has been replaced with something else: cardboard beds. At a glance, it looks like an evacuation shelter. The ...
'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 ...
