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9 unusual facts about Narita International Airport


Airport Transport Service

ATS operates scheduled service to and from the area's two major airports, Haneda Airport and Narita International Airport, operating over 660 buses per day to Narita and over 550 to Haneda.

Dominican Republic passport

In May 2001, Kim Jong-nam, the son of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, was arrested at Narita International Airport, in Tokyo, Japan, travelling on a forged Dominican Republic passport.

Fake passport

In May 2001 Kim Jong-nam (the eldest son of the former leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il) was arrested on arrival at New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport), accompanied by two women and a four-year old boy identified as his son.

Frank Bolick

He left Japan on September 28, and a large number of Marines fans showed up at Narita International Airport to bid him farewell.

Io Shirai

On May 23, 2012, Odate and Nosawa were arrested at the Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba upon their return from Mexico to Japan under suspicion of trying to smuggle 75 grams of marijuana, hidden inside paintings of the two, into the country.

Kazuhiro Kokubo

Kokubo was criticized for his style of dress in February 9, 2010 after he was seen at the Narita International Airport wearing his Olympic team uniform with his shirt untucked, his trousers hanging low, and his tie loosened.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport

On December 11, 1994, Philippine Airlines Flight 434 was flying on its second leg of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Mactan-Cebu International Airport - New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) route when a bomb on board exploded, killing a passenger.

The Special Collectors Edition

The last track is not a B-side but actually a recording of fans singing "Bank Holiday" at Narita Airport, Tokyo.

Tokyo Airport

Narita International Airport, formerly known as New Tokyo Airport or Tokyo Narita Airport.


Manabu Mabe

On 30 January 1979, after an exhibition in Tokyo, 153 of his paintings were on board of a Varig, cargo Boeing 707-323C registration PP-VLU en route from Tokyo - Narita to Rio de Janeiro-Galeão via Los Angeles.


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