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Tokyo Narita passenger numbers flat in July
September 2nd 2025
Tokyo Narita Airport said 3.44 million passengers travelled through its terminals in July, down 0.6% from the 3.46 million air travellers it processed in the same month last year. Read More » It was the first monthly year-on-year decline in passengers flying to and from Narita since March 2021. Its international passenger throughput increased 2% to 2.8 million, but the airport’s international air traffic growth slowed from 11% in May and 2% in June. July is mirroring the broader trend of weak inbound tourism. Market watchers have attributed the sudden slowdown in international passengers to predictions in a manga comic book that a catastrophic event would occur in Japan on July 5. It did not happen, but it alarmed some tourists, particularly from China and Hong Kong, and they avoided visiting the country.
