Swimmer Daiya Seto seeks redemption and first Olympic gold after stormy 2020 Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ I cannot change the past. I need to learn from my mistakes and concentrate on the sport, Japanese swimmer Daiya Seto said. | KYODO
KYODO Jul 24, 2021
Two individual medley titles at the 2019 world championships had Daiya Seto nicely set up for Tokyo Olympic gold, only for the coronavirus pandemic and an extramarital affair to cloud his bid for glory.
Six months after the one-year postponement of the Games, a gossip magazine reported that he was cheating on his wife, leaving the 27-year-old a forlorn figure.
A passenger operates the touch panel to automatically deposit luggage at Haneda Airport. (Takashi Ogawa)
Check-in and other procedures are rapidly being automated and rendered contactless at Tokyo s Haneda Airport to address health issues due to the COVID19 pandemic as well as personnel shortages.
With the summer break approaching, the second since the pandemic flared early last year, aviation industry officials are doing their utmost to reduce chances for passengers to interact with staff at the key gateway to Japan.
Air carriers also began bolstering their anti-virus measures in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics that kicked off July 23.
Japan Airlines Co. upgraded its automated check-in system at Terminal 1 for domestic flights this past spring. The system scans fingerprints with infrared rays, allowing passengers to operate it while holding their finger several centimeters from the screen.
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Japanese airlines eye shift to greener fuels with carbon neutrality in sight
July 3, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
A Japan Airlines Co. passenger jet is seen ahead of its first commercial flight using domestically produced biofuel, on Feb. 4, 2021, at Tokyo s Haneda Airport. (Mainichi/Hiroshi Maruyama) TOKYO (Kyodo) Going electric may be one solution for automakers to ride a global decarbonization trend, but for airlines, it is greener fuels that are grabbing their attention. Japan has joined a group of nations in pledging to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 but still lags behind Europe and the United States where more companies put biofuels from materials like waste cooking oil into commercial use for airlines. Hydrogen is also seen as an alternative source to fly aircraft.