Discovery of unexploded shell buried at Narita airport briefly closes runway
Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture briefly closed one of its two runways early Thursday after what was suspected to be an unexploded shell was found buried nearby, officials said. Local police removed the suspicious object and there were no flight cancellations, as one runway operated ...
Narita airport hires more foreign workers as number of inbound visitors grows
Due to language barriers it can take Japanese staff more time to conduct inspections, while many locals are put off by the hard work and long hours airport jobs entail.
Tropical fire ants have been found at Narita International Airport for the first time, according to the Environment Ministry. On Wednesday, five to six of the ants were found around air cargo from Mumbai. About five dozen more were discovered the following day after the ...
Smoke fills ANA plane at Narita, sickening eight and triggering evacuation
Eight passengers on an All Nippon Airways flight were sickened Monday at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture after smoke filled the cabin, triggering an evacuation, officials from the airline and airport said. The trouble occurred at around 9:45 a.m. on an ANA Boeing 767 bound ...
Peak season + tourism boom = long lines at Narita airport
Japanese airports are known for their cleanliness and clockwork efficiency, but the surge in tourists and foreign students entering the country has been creating hourlong lines at Narita airport's border control. "It was a sight I'd never seen before at Narita airport," said Masahiro Morioka, ...
Low-cost carriers Peach and Vanilla to merge in 2019: ANA
Vanilla Air and Peach Aviation, two low-cost carriers owned by ANA Holdings, announced on Thursday plans to merge by the end of fiscal 2019. As of fiscal 2016, the two combined represented over fifty percent of the seats filled by Japanese LCCs, making the merger ...
Narita airport wins approval to expand hours for takeoffs and landings as noise concerns remain
The operator of Narita airport reached an agreement Tuesday with the Chiba Prefectural Government, local municipalities and the transport ministry on a plan to expand the hours for landings and takeoffs in bid to improve the facility's competitiveness as an international gateway. Still, the agreement ...
Piece of metal found near Narita airport probed as potential plane part
A 1-kg metal part found on a mountain near Narita airport is raising suspicions it's part of a plane that flew over the area. On official of the Narita Municipal Government said Monday that a resident found the object Sunday afternoon about 7 km northwest ...
Road paver Nippo and others to pay ¥800 million fine over bid rigging
Japan’s antitrust watchdog plans to order the nine firms to pay the penalties for allegedly rigging bids for projects at Narita airport near Tokyo and elsewhere, sources said.
'The Fall of Icarus: Narita Stories': Victory and loss surround the world's entry point to Japan
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 ...
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 ...
Narita airport sees record foreign travelers on international flights in FY 2015
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 ...
