Japan

We’ve compiled a guide to Japanese etiquette for Routes Asia delegates travelling to Okinawa.

The major American carrier has announced it will cancel service at Tokyo-Narita from New York-JFK, and to Osaka and Bangkok in autumn. The decision comes a few weeks after Delta has been tentatively awarded daytime service to Tokyo-Haneda.

Increasing low-cost carrier activity is helping Japan to shrug off the doldrums of the past and emerge as a strong destination once again.

Today (Tuesday, 8 March) the Routes Asia route development forum was officially handed over from Manila in the Philippines to Okinawa in Japan – the host destination for 2017.