China Southern Airlines reopens 1st Japan-China route

TOYAMA, Japan - Officials of the Toyama prefectural government hold a banner reading "Heartfelt Welcome" to greet passengers on China Southern Airlines' first flight on the Toyama-Daian leg after it resumed operating that part of its Toyama-Beijing route, after it arrived at Toyama Airport on Sept. 25, 2013. It was the first of its Japan-China routes to be suspended in October 2012 in the wake of tense Japan-China relations.