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Haneda airport's new runway opens with new int'l terminal

TOKYO, Japan - Airliner workers wave to the first airplane leaving Tokyo's Haneda airport as a new international terminal building and a 2,500-meter fourth runway opened on Oct. 21, 2010, prior to the airport's resumption of full-fledged international operations.

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Haneda airport's new runway opens with new int'l terminal

TOKYO, Japan - The first airplane arrives as a new international terminal building and 2,500-meter fourth runway opened at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 21, 2010, prior to the airport's resumption of full-fledged international operations.

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New runway at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a small test plane of the transport ministry over the fourth runway of Tokyo's Haneda airport during a trial on May 17, 2010. The test of the instrument landing system began that day before the 2,500-meter new runway is put on service Oct. 21, 2010.

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Haneda airport new runway under construction

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows a reclaimed island near Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2010, where the construction of a 2,500-meter runway, the fourth for the key airport, is under way. The airport will try to start to use the runway in October 2010.

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Haneda airport new runway under construction

TOKYO, Japan - Workers watch the ongoing construction of a fourth runway of Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2010. The airport will try to start to use the 2,500-meter runway, being built on a reclaimed island, in October 2010.

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Haneda airport new runway under construction

TOKYO, Japan - Workers watch the ongoing construction of a fourth runway of Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2010. The airport will try to start to use the 2,500-meter runway, being built on a reclaimed island, in October 2010.

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Narita's extended 2nd runway goes operational

NARITA, Japan - A chartered Japan Airlines Boeing 747 jumbo bound for Hakodate, Hokkaido, takes off from the 2,500-meter B runway at Narita International Airport, located some 65 kilometers east of central Tokyo in Narita, on Oct. 22, 2009, becoming the first aircraft to use the extended runway.

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Manhattan Cafe snatches Arima Kinen victory

FUNABASHI, Japan - Manhattan Cafe wins the 2,500-meter Arima Kinen race with a time of 2 minutes, 33.1 seconds at Nakayama Racecourse in suburban Tokyo on Dec. 23. The 3-year-old, ridden by Masayoshi Ebina, claimed his second title in Japanese horse racing's top-tier events following his Kikka-sho triumph in October.

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Rally held to oppose expansion of Narita airport

Some 1,500 protesters gather in Narita on Oct. 11 to oppose the expansion of Narita airport, demanding the government scrap a plan to complete a second runway by the end of fiscal 2000. Koji Kitahara, the organizer of the rally, said, ''The government is poised to start construction on the runway by the end of the fall. We will make every effort to stop it.'' The government proposes constructing a 2,500-meter runway, which would parallel the existing 4,000-meter runway, at Japan's main international airport east of Tokyo.