Originally Posted by
joejones
The protests are coming from people who want to travel beyond Tokyo to other cities in Japan/Asia. 2300 is definitely a bad time to catch connections at HND. But as others have mentioned above, this flight is all about Tokyo O&D, which is pretty darn strong.
The main issue with a 2300 HND arrival is that almost all public transport stops just after midnight, leaving only a handful of night buses.
If you hit any sort of delay with reaching the train or monorail stations ground side, you could very well be stuck with a very expensive taxi or sitting around for upwards of 2 or 3 hours for a bus going somewhere close to where you want to be.