To beef up defense capabilities, the government has pinpointed 14 civilian airports and 24 ports for upgrades and utilization by the Self-Defense Forces for training and emergencies.
The transport ministry is finalizing penalties against scandal-ridden used car dealer Bigmotor Co., including stripping its 12 repair shops of the license to carry out compulsory vehicle safety inspections.
Although inbound tourism to Japan is picking with the easing of COVID-19 border controls, a dire shortage of ground staff at airports is hampering the airline industry’s post-pandemic recovery.
Passengers on flights scheduled to land late at night at Fukuoka Airport have been taken aback as a strict curfew forced them to return to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, their point of departure.