The number of foreign passengers using Narita Airport rose 1% in June from a year earlier to 1,849,269, a record high for the month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/narita-record-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #naritaairport #airports #tourism #chiba
A U.S. Osprey military aircraft made an emergency landing in Iwate Prefecture in the latest in a string of mishaps and accidents involving the controversial tilt-rotor plane. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/osprey-landing-iwate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #osprey #iwate #defenseministry #airports
U.S. travelers no longer have to worry about removing their shoes to go through standard airport security checkpoints, a change that will likely speed up screening for airline passengers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/world/tsa-travelers-shoes-airport/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #tsa #us #airports #terrorism #travel #tourism
A bear roaming the runway forced a Japanese airport to cancel flights on Thursday and declare itself off-limits to passengers for the day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/japan/bear-roaming-runway-halts-airport/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #animals #airports