Tokyo DispatchJapan, in EnglishA JAL jet diverted to Narita after a tire burst in May. Inspectors later found metal plate under the D runway surface lifted by up to 8 centimeters, but a ministry panel says the cause of the blowout could not be tied to it.
A 4-year-old girl is still unconscious three years after a wheel came off a moving car in Hokkaido. As drivers fit winter tires, large-vehicle wheel losses rose to 128 in fiscal 2025, and a sensor already sold abroad has yet to reach Japan.
The new route would link Tokyo Station and Haneda Airport in 18 minutes without a transfer, with JR East targeting service in fiscal 2031.
The planned Haneda Airport Access Line would run the roughly 18-minute trip without a transfer, and tunneling equipment has gone on show ahead of full-scale boring.
A transport ministry panel has begun checking the cost-benefit case for the Tsuruga–Shin-Osaka leg, with the start of construction still subject to five conditions.
