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August 11, 2026
 

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Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2026
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
The season¡¯s 15th storm is expected to make landfall in Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures as it heads toward the Sea of Japan.
A Pikachu balloon on display at Noto Airport, nicknamed ¡°Noto Satoyama Pokemon with You Airport,¡± in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2026
Noto Peninsula airport struck by earthquake gets Pokemon-themed rebrand
Over 100 Pokemon characters are painted on walls and other parts of the airport, and limited-edition merchandise and meals are available at shops and restaurants.
Keisei Electric Railway hopes to improve convenience for passengers traveling between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture and enhance its transport capacities.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2026
Keisei to introduce new rail service linking Haneda and Narita airports
With the limited express service, Keisei hopes to improve convenience for passengers traveling between the two major international airports.
Sendai International Airport President Motoi Maeda speaks during an interview on June 22 in Miyagi Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 29, 2026
Sendai Airport chief confident a decade after privatization
Sendai International Airport was the first to have been privatized among airports managed by the Japanese government.
Although paper customs forms are still available?in many cases, it is no longer standard practice to hand them out on all flights.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 22, 2026
Japan to fully digitalize airport customs system by 2030
The phasing-out of paper customs declaration forms is among measures eyed by the Finance Ministry to handle the inbound movement of people and goods more efficiently.
A new global ranking puts Osaka Itami Airport as not only best in Japan but Asia's top travel hub in terms of punctuality, passenger experience and facilities.
LIFE / Travel
Jun 19, 2026
Osaka Itami Airport named Asia¡¯s best in new travel rankings
Fukuoka Airport and Nagoya¡¯s Chubu Centrair International Airport rounded out Â鶹´«Ã½ top three airports graded on punctuality, passenger experience and facilities.
United Airlines will launch daily round-trip service between Narita International Airport and Chicago from Oct. 24, becoming the first U.S. carrier to operate the route.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2026
United Airlines to open two new routes to Japan from Chicago and San Francisco
The U.S. airline will have one daily flight connecting Narita International Airport with Chicago and three per week between New Chitose Airport and San Francisco in the winter.
Smoke rises at Parafield Airport, after a small plane crashed into an airport hangar, in Adelaide, Australia, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on Wednesday.
JAPAN
May 1, 2026
Two dead, including one Japanese, after light plane crash in South Australia
The aircraft crashed into a hangar at Parafield Airport during a training flight, killing the Japanese learner pilot and the Australian instructor on board.
A humanoid robot performs ground handling tasks at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 28, 2026
Japan Airlines to test humanoid robots for airport ground handling work
In the test, two robots will carry out tasks such as transporting containers and opening and closing levers that secure them.
In recent years, the combination of a surge in tourism to Hokkaido and the operations of the Rapidus semiconductor plant has led to congestion at New Chitose Airport¡¯s train station and on express trains.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hokkaido
Apr 13, 2026
Amid travel boom, Hokkaido struggles to improve airport rail link
Express trains arriving at and departing from New Chitose Airport are congested, creating concern.
Chubu Centrair International Airport is one of the newly added airports on Japan's list of designated facilities for defense use.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2026
Japan to designate further 17 airports and ports for defense use
The newly added facilities include New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture and Sendai-Shiogama Port in Miyagi Prefecture.
A Japan Airlines airplane flies past an oil refinery as it approaches to land at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, as seen from a park in the Keihin Industrial Zone in Kawasaki, on March 17.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 1, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ international flights to get pricier due to hike in fuel surcharge
Fuel surcharges are expected to rise up to double their current rates due to the ongoing Iran conflict.
The opening of Narita International Airport¡¯s third runway is expected to be delayed beyond March 2029 due to difficulties in land acquisition, sources have said.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2026
Opening of third runway at Narita Airport to be delayed due to land issues
Work on the 3,500-meter runway, currently under construction, has been pushed back due to difficulties acquiring the planned site.
Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint queue at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday.
WORLD
Mar 31, 2026
Long airport waits ease after TSA workers receive back pay
The longest lines in history at many airports earlier this month forced flyers to miss their flights and consider other travel options.
A traveler at the Navi Mumbai Airport in Navi Mumbai, India, on Dec. 25, 2025, when the commercial flight operations started.
BUSINESS
Mar 30, 2026
New $1 billion airport near Delhi to test India¡¯s buildout boom
India¡¯s newest mega airport has already transformed the sleepy town of Jewar, sparking a land rush and big expectations even before the first commercial flight takes off.
Passengers walk past a display board showing canceled flights to Dubai and Doha amid regional airspace closures at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 2.
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2026
Asia¡¯s air travel crisis risks spreading on Iran war¡¯s jet fuel squeeze
Asia has been particularly affected because of its exposure to oil that normally comes through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked by Iran.
Travelers wait in line at a TSA checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on Thursday.
WORLD
Mar 27, 2026
Trump orders government to pay airport security workers
Nearly 500 airport security officers ?have quit since the start of a partial government shutdown in February.
Stranded passengers wait at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport after flights to Dubai and Bahrain were cancelled in Dhaka on March 1.
WORLD
Mar 26, 2026
Gulf airspace closures leave Asia-to-Europe travelers stranded and bleeding cash
About 90,000 passengers a day typically transit through Gulf airport hubs on Emirates, Qatar and Etihad.
An Air Canada Express jet that collided with a fire truck on a runway on Sunday remains at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 25, 2026
Safety system failed to alert LaGuardia tower before crash
An Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck late Sunday evening, killing the two pilots.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol as passengers wait in line at a TSA checkpoint, after hundreds of ICE agents were deployed to airports to help fill TSA staffing gaps, at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 25, 2026
TSA says 460 airport officers quit as standoff poses major security risks
The funding stalemate has forced 50,000 airport security officers to go without pay has caused delays at airports and is posing major security risks.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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