Japan's Narita airport passengers up threefold last year

The number of airline passengers using Japan's Narita Airport in Tokyo saw a year-on-year increase of nearly threefold in 2022. - AP

TOKYO (Xinhua): The number of airline passengers using Japan's Narita Airport in Tokyo saw a year-on-year increase of nearly threefold in 2022, largely owing to the relaxation of border controls since October last year, local media reported on Sunday.

In 2022, a total of some 15.4 million passengers used the international airport on the east of Tokyo, up 2.9 times from the previous year, Japan's public broadcaster NHK cited the Narita International Airport Corp as saying.