Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
There are options to get a 72 hour transit visa for China. If you are continuing to a third country. If Hong Kong does count as a third country I do not know, but is the next stop that counts. Not the final destination UK that counts.
You have the option of Transiting With Out Visa (TWOV) to claim your bag and get it transfer as long as you are flying to a different country from the one you are arriving from. It is not getting a transit visa.
HND PEK and then PEK HKG qualifies. Hong Kong is no longer part of Japan since 1945.