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Ramen Booths at Singapore's Changi Int'l Airport

Ramen Booths at Singapore's Changi Int'l Airport

On December 22, Komars Holdings Pte Ltd, a company that runs Japanese restaurants in Singapore, opened Ramen Champion, a grouping of ramen booths in a public area of Terminal 3 at Changi International Airport in Singapore. The facility foll...
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Narita Airport Produces Multilingual Speech Translation App for Convenience of Int'l Travelers to Japan

Narita Airport Produces Multilingual Speech Translation App for Convenience of Int'l Travelers to JapanIn December of last year, Narita International Airport released an original multilingual speech translation app called NariTra. ...

LCC Peach Sells JPY 250 One-Way Kansai-Fukuoka Fares in Promo Campaign to Commemorate New Service

LCC Peach Sells JPY 250 One-Way Kansai-Fukuoka Fares in Promo Campaign to Commemorate New ServiceOn January 5, Japan's first low-cost carrier (LCC), Peach, an airline operated by Peach Aviation Limited that will commence serv...

Ibaraki Couples Surviving Earthquake Apply to Win Free Wedding Ceremony at Kobe Airport

Ibaraki Couples Surviving Earthquake Apply to Win Free Wedding Ceremony at Kobe AirportJanuary 6 was the deadline set by Kobe Airport in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture for couples living in Ibaraki Prefecture (a destination...

FDA Considering Nagoya-Niigata Service - 5th FDA Route Connecting to Nagoya Airport

FDA Considering Nagoya-Niigata Service - 5th FDA Route Connecting to Nagoya AirportIn December, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture-based Fuji Dream Airlines, Inc. (FDA) announced that it is considering starting servi...

Boeing 787s on New ANA Routes to Connect Haneda with Seattle & San Jose

Boeing 787s on New ANA Routes to Connect Haneda with Seattle & San JoseOn December 21, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA) announced that in 2012 it will start two new routes connecting Narita Interna...

JAL Helping Test-Takers with Shrine Prayer Board at Fukuoka Airport

JAL Helping Test-Takers with Shrine Prayer Board at Fukuoka AirportOn December 22, a special, extra-large board for placing prayers was placed in Terminal 1 (for domestic flights) of Fukuoka Airp...

JAL Bringing World's 1st "Sky Manga" on Int'l Flights for All Seat Classes on Boeing 787

JAL Bringing World's 1st "Sky Manga" on Int'l Flights for All Seat Classes on Boeing 787Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd. (JAL) will begin providing "Sky Manga," the world's first in-flight manga (Japanese comics) browsing s...

250-Yen One-Way Flights in Sales Promo from New LCC Peach

250-Yen One-Way Flights in Sales Promo from New LCC PeachJapan's first low-cost carrier (LCC), Peach, operated by Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture-based Peach Aviation Limited, announced on ...

"Sky Lights" Illumination Project Shines with 30,000 LEDs at Narita Airport Observation Decks

"Sky Lights" Illumination Project Shines with 30,000 LEDs at Narita Airport Observation DecksIn December the observation decks at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture are lit up with LED lamps set up f...

Tokyo's Yoyogi Parade Ground, Site of 1st Powered Flight in Japan, Labeled Important Aviation Heritage

Tokyo's Yoyogi Parade Ground, Site of 1st Powered Flight in Japan, Labeled Important Aviation HeritageOn December 1, the Japan Aeronautic Association in Minato Ward, Tokyo announced that it has designated Yoyogi Parade Ground in T...

"Real" Santa Claus Visits Haneda Airport and Train Terminal, Hops On for a Ride

"Real" Santa Claus Visits Haneda Airport and Train Terminal, Hops On for a RideOn December 11, the "real" Santa Claus showed up at Haneda Airport to hand out presents and delight traveling families at the ai...

Detailed Maps of Haneda Airport Terminals by Google Maps in New "Indoor Google Maps" Feature

Detailed Maps of Haneda Airport Terminals by Google Maps in New "Indoor Google Maps" FeatureOn November 30, Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. announced that a new Google service called Indoor Google Maps can display indoo...

AirAsia: 4 Weekly Flights on Kansai-Kuala Lumpur Route - 6th LCC at KIX

AirAsia: 4 Weekly Flights on Kansai-Kuala Lumpur Route - 6th LCC at KIXIn the late-night hours of November 30, long-haul carrier AirAsia X, a low-cost carrier (LCC) that is part of Malaysia-based Air...

Australian Think Tank Names Ibaraki Airport "Low Cost Airport of the Year"

Australian Think Tank Names Ibaraki Airport "Low Cost Airport of the Year"In October, Ibaraki Airport in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture was named the Low Cost Airport of the Year by an Australian think tan...

Narita Airport Collaborates in Producing Japanese Language Version of Japan Photo Album App "Fotopedia"

Narita Airport Collaborates in Producing Japanese Language Version of Japan Photo Album App "Fotopedia"On November 15, Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture released a free-to-download photo album app presenting ...