JAPAN AIRPORT FEES

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKAJAPAN has rejected an American government demand that it lower landing fees at its two major international airports as part of wider business deregulation, according to the Japanese Shipping & Trade News. It says that the demand was made at a meeting of government officials from the two countries on regulations and business competition. An American official pointedly note that landing fees at Narita and Kansai International airports were "more expensive" than those in Seoul, Hong Kong and Singapore, said the paper. However, a ...


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