China-Japan/Flight Cancellation
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1. Various of airports, planes, travelers
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - March 13, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of planes of Japan Airlines on tarmac
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Dec 26, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of planes on tarmac, runway
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4. Various of cityscape
Tokyo, Japan - Nov 29, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of pedestrians
Some 40 percent of scheduled flights from China to Japan in December have been canceled, totaling more than 1,900 flights, according to travel platform Umetrip on Monday.
Following Nov. 15, the number of travelers heading to Japan saw a significant decline. For instance, on Nov. 25 alone, passenger numbers decreased by approximately 23 percent compared to the figure from ten days prior.
According to Japanese media, Yoshiyuki Yamatani, president of Kansai Airports, said on Monday that flights between the Kansai International Airport and China are expected to be reduced by around 34 percent in the second week of December.
Yamatani indicated that the future situation remains uncertain.
Kansai Airports takes over the operations of Kansai International Airport, Osaka Itami Airport, and Kobe Airport in Japan.
The decline in passenger air transport between China and Japan comes amid tensions in China-Japan relations triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's provocative statements on China's Taiwan region on November 7, in which she claimed that a Taiwan contingency could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, and implying that Japan might invoke the so-called "right to collective self-defense" for armed intervention across the Taiwan Strait. The wrongful statements have since drawn sharp criticism at home and from abroad.
China-Japan/Flight Cancellation
Dateline : Dec 1, Nov 29, 2025/File
Location : China;Japan
Duration : 1'14
FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of airports, planes, travelers
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - March 13, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of planes of Japan Airlines on tarmac
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Dec 26, 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of planes on tarmac, runway
FILE: Tokyo, Japan - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of cityscape
Tokyo, Japan - Nov 29, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of pedestrians
Some 40 percent of scheduled flights from China to Japan in December have been canceled, totaling more than 1,900 flights, according to travel platform Umetrip on Monday.
Following Nov. 15, the number of travelers heading to Japan saw a significant decline. For instance, on Nov. 25 alone, passenger numbers decreased by approximately 23 percent compared to the figure from ten days prior.
According to Japanese media, Yoshiyuki Yamatani, president of Kansai Airports, said on Monday that flights between the Kansai International Airport and China are expected to be reduced by around 34 percent in the second week of December.
Yamatani indicated that the future situation remains uncertain.
Kansai Airports takes over the operations of Kansai International Airport, Osaka Itami Airport, and Kobe Airport in Japan.
The decline in passenger air transport between China and Japan comes amid tensions in China-Japan relations triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's provocative statements on China's Taiwan region on November 7, in which she claimed that a Taiwan contingency could constitute a "survival-threatening situation" for Japan, and implying that Japan might invoke the so-called "right to collective self-defense" for armed intervention across the Taiwan Strait. The wrongful statements have since drawn sharp criticism at home and from abroad.
ID : 8455649
Published : 2025-12-02 14:54
Last Modified : 2025-12-02 21:10:04
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
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