Originally Posted by
jib71
This will change soon - Ministry of transport has announced a change in the procedures at all Japanese airports, which will bring Japan in line with the US. (And I believe that this will allow Japan to do away with the inspections at the gates for US airlines out of Narita airport).
For some reason I only thought they were doing that at NRT, KIX, and the other big international airports and that domestic flights would retain the more sane security procedures. Was that just me reading what I wanted to? *crosses fingers*