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Narita runway in full operation

NARITA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 4,000-meter runway at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2012, as full operation of the runway began the same day. The runway had been used only partially due to private land left on the premises.

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Narita runway in full operation

NARITA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 4,000-meter runway at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2012, as full operation of the runway began the same day. The runway had been used only partially due to private land left on the premises.

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S. Korea's Incheon airport begins operation

INCHEON, South Korea - Passengers wait at a check-in counter at the newly-built Incheon International Airport, which began operations on March 29. Designed to accommodate takeoffs and landings 24 hours a day, the airport, located some 50 kilometers west of Seoul, has two 4,000-meter runways and the ability to handle 170,000 flights and 27 million passengers a year.

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S. Korea's Inchon airport nears completion

INCHON, South Korea - Workers put the finishing touches on the passenger terminal of a new international airport off Inchon, 50 kilometers west of Seoul, expected to open in spring next year. The airport, under construction since 1992, boasts two 4,000-meter-class runways.

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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.