One of J-Air's 15 ERJs lifting off from 32R

I flew Peach from Kansai to Narita on a very low fare and as with most Asian LCCs, was suitably impressed

7G54 awaits depature to Haneda as 7G55 arrives on the opposite route

First flown in January 2010, this is the prototype transport designed to replace Japan's C-130 and C-1 fleets. 30 C-2s are planned with a 37.6t payload and to keep costs down it shares some components with the P-1 maritime patrol aircraft, although very different in appearance

The Yushukan war museum, next to the controversial Yasukuni shrine, paints an strange picture of Japan's role in World War II. This Zero was built in Nagoya in late 1943. It served in Rabaul where it was abandoned in 1945.