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Autonomous bus test ride

A driver takes their hands off the steering wheel in an autonomous bus during a test ride mainly for journalists on Nov. 26, 2025, on an expressway near Chubu Centrair Airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Autonomous bus test ride

A driver takes their hands off the steering wheel in an autonomous bus during a test ride mainly for journalists on Nov. 26, 2025, on an expressway near Chubu Centrair Airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Police sent to Cambodia to transport Japanese scam suspects

Officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police are pictured at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 19, 2025, before departure to Cambodia. About 80 officers are tasked with transporting to Japan 29 Japanese men and women detained in Phnom Penh for suspected involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia. ==Kyodo

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US: Winter Storm Causes Flight Disruptions At Indianapolis Airport

A major winter storm swept across the U.S. on Sunday, January 5, bringing heavy snow, ice, and strong winds, which led to the cancellation of more than 100 flights at Indianapolis International Airport.

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US: Winter Storm Causes Flight Disruptions At Indianapolis Airport 2

A major winter storm swept across the U.S. on Sunday, January 5, bringing heavy snow, ice, and strong winds, which led to the cancellation of more than 100 flights at Indianapolis International Airport.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Anti-terrorism drill near central Japan airport ahead of G7 transport ministers' meeting

The Japan Coast Guard and Aichi prefectural police conduct a joint anti-terrorism drill near Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 27, 2023, in preparation for a three-day meeting from June 16 of the Group of Seven transport ministers in the neighboring Mie Prefecture's Shima.

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Jetstar plane makes emergency landing in Japan after bomb threat

A domestic flight operated by budget carrier Jetstar Japan Co. made an emergency landing on Saturday morning at an international airport in central Japan following a bomb threat, according to the transport ministry and local police. Five passengers sustained minor injuries while evacuating via the airplane's inflatable slide following its arrival in Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture at around 7:40 a.m. No one was hospitalized, according to the airline operator. The plane, bound for Fukuoka from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members. The runway was temporarily closed off. Some 60 flights scheduled to depart from or arrive at Chubu airport were canceled following the incident, which took place at the start of a three-day weekend in Japan. About 30 more flights were delayed for an hour or more. Police cars and ambulances could be seen on the closed-off runway, while in the airport,

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Passengers look exhausted at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights canceled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Passengers look exhausted at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights canceled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

An airline counter at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

A departure lobby at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is crowded with travelers on Jan. 7, 2023, with many flights cancelled after a Jetstar plane made an emergency landing following a bomb threat earlier in the day.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane (bottom) at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane (bottom) at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane (bottom) at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

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Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

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Tomita arrives back in Japan after trial opens in Incheon

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita is seen at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya on Jan. 13, 2015, after arriving from Incheon, South Korea, where he attended the first court hearing of a case in which he was summarily indicted for stealing a camera at the Incheon Asian Games. The 25-year-old Tomita strongly denied the allegation during his first court appearance in Incheon.

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'Hida beef' exported from Nagoya airport for 1st time

NAGOYA, Japan - A cargo of the famous Hida beef from Gifu Prefecture is ready for loading onto an airplane bound for Bangkok, Thailand, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 22, 2014. It was the first time the prized beef brand had been exported from the airport, which is much closer to Hida Takayama where beef cattle are raised than Fukuoka airport in southwestern Japan used previously.

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Nobel laureate Amano shows certificate upon return home

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three Japanese physicists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, shows his certificate at a press conference at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, upon returning home from an award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds his Nobel Prize medal as he arrived at the Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokonome on Dec. 16, 2014, from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."

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Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano (L), who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds up the Nobel Prize medal in his left hand and a medal made from chocolate in his right, while his wife Kasumi holds the Nobel Prize diploma, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on Dec. 16, 2014, upon arrival from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."

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Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano (L), who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, and his wife Kasumi arrive at Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokonome on Dec. 16, 2014, from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."

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Brewers serve sake at promotion event at Centrair airport

TOKONAME, Japan - Japanese sake brewers serve sake to visitors during an event to promote sake at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2014.

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Sake promotion event at Centrair airport

TOKONAME, Japan - Japanese sake brewers break the lid of a sake barrel during a ceremony at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2014, to open an event to promote sake.

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Nobel laureate Amano leaves for Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, waves at Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokoname on Dec. 5, 2014, as he leaves for Stockholm to attend the Dec. 10 award ceremony. He said he hopes to encourage young people in his speech in the Swedish capital.

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Nobel laureate Amano to leave for Stockholm

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, attends a press conference on Dec. 5, 2014, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokoname before leaving for Stockholm to attend the Dec. 10 award ceremony. He said he hopes to encourage young people in his speech in the Swedish capital.

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National mascot contest held in central Japan

TOKONAME, Japan - An opening ceremony is held for an annual national popularity contest for "yuru-chara" mascots on Nov. 1, 2014, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. "Yuru-chara" translates as "loose or soft characters."

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Quality beef exported to Thailand from central Japan airport

NAGOYA, Japan - A container carrying the Matsusaka brand of beef is about to be loaded onto aircraft for shipment to Thailand at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, central Japan, on Oct. 8, 2014, marking the first export of Matsusaka beef from the airport.

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First budget carrier to link Hong Kong and central Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Central Japan International Airport Co. President Hiroshi Kawakami (extreme L) attends an inauguration ceremony for Hong Kong Express Ltd. flights between Hong Kong International Airport and Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 18, 2014. This is the first budget airline to fly between Hong Kong and the Chubu region.

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Prayer room at Chubu int'l airport

NAGOYA, Japan - Malaysian Muslims pray in a prayer room at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in June 2014. Two prayer rooms have been opened in the airport to accommodate Muslim travelers.

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Nurses from Philippines

NAGOYA, Japan - Seventy nurses arrive from the Philippines at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya on May 29, 2011. Nearly 30 Filipino nurses have withdrawn from a program to work in Japan to acquire nursing qualifications in the country following the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Asada returns to Japan after world c'ships

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada returns to Japan at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on March 31 after placing fourth at the World Figure Skating Championships in the United States.

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Asada returns to Japan after world c'ships

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada returns to Japan at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on March 31 after placing fourth at the World Figure Skating Championships in the United States.

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Indonesia caregivers, nurses arrive in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Indonesian nurses and caregivers arrive at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya on Aug. 7 as part of the first group to take jobs in Japan under a bilateral economic partnership agreement that took effect July 1.

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Mao Asada to skate under Russian coach Tarasova

NAGOYA, Japan - World figure skating champion Mao Asada tells reporters at Chubu Centrair International Airport on June 24 that she will skate under the tutelage of Russian coach Tatiana Tarasova, who helped Japanese compatriot Shizuka Arakawa produce a gold-medal finish at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.

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Year's 1st shipment of Beaujolais Nouveau arrives in Japan

TOKONAME, Japan - Customs officers inspect this year's first shipment of Beaujolais Nouveau at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 9 for sale starting on Nov. 15. The young wine produced in the Beaujolais region is traditionally released for consumption on the third Thursday of November worldwide.

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ANA group labor unions enter strike affecting domestic flights

NAGOYA, Japan - Passengers flock to an All Nippon Airways ticket counter at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya on April 11. Four labor unions of the All Nippon Airways Co. group went on strike after their wage-hike negotiations with the major airline company broke down earlier in the day, affecting domestic flights but not international ones.

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Centrair airport appoints Toyota's Inaba as president

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshimi Inaba (R), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., shakes hands with Yukihisa Hirano, president of Central Japan International Airport Co., the operator of Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya. Inaba will succeed Hirano, a former Toyota board member credited with bringing the auto giant's effective management style to the operator of the airport, which opened in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, home to Toyota, in February 2005.

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Stormy weather grounds flights, snow delays bullet trains

NAGOYA, Japan - A passenger looks at a notice of flight cancellations at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on Jan. 7. Strong winds grounded nearly 200 domestic flights while heavy snow briefly delayed shinkansen bullet trains as wide areas of the country were hit by turbulent weather.

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Stormy weather grounds flights, snow delays bullet trains

NAGOYA, Japan - A boy dozes off while waiting for a flight with his mother (far right) at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture. Strong winds grounded nearly 200 domestic flights while heavy snow briefly delayed shinkansen bullet trains as wide areas of the country were hit by turbulent weather.

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Finnair launches direct flights between Helsinki, Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - An MD-11 jetliner of Finland's national flag carrier Finnair takes off from Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya on an inaugural direct flight to Helsinki on June 4. Finnair operates three round-trip flights between Nagoya and Helsinki a week.