Topic: Tokyo
AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-11 17:10:22
Japan's newest airport opened outside Tokyo Thursday aiming to lure budget airlines, but there was deep scepticism about its profitability as it has only one scheduled daily flight so far. Ibaraki Airport, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Tokyo, began operations as the country's 98th airport and is meant to boost the local economy as a gateway ...
AP News | 2010-03-11 14:57:58
A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export of a tuna species prized by sushi lovers. The increased attention on the ...
AP News | 2010-03-11 14:05:54
Kiyomura Corp. President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs the Sushi-Zanmai sushi restaurant chain, speaks about Atlantic bluefin tuna at his restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will take ...
AP Features | 2010-03-11 13:01:26
A Skymark Airlines special plane takes off for a flight to Kobe, Japan, at Ibaraki Airport near Mito, northeast of Tokyo, on Thursday March 11, 2010. Japan on Thursday opened the country's 98th airport, located near Tokyo's international ...
