Arata Yamamoto has been a NBC News producer in Tokyo since 1993.
TOKYO — A missing pair of scissors caused more than 200 flights to be canceled or delayed at one of Japan's biggest airports. Staff at a store in the New Chitose Airport reported the missing item on Saturday, according to a news release from the airport’s operator, Hokkaido Airports Co. Ltd. As a result, officials at the facility in the northern Hokkaido prefecture, decided to temporarily suspend all flights, close security checkpoints and conduct security inspections, the release added.
“This incident occurred due to insufficient management by the store tenant,” the news release added. “We are committed to investigating this incident, determining its cause, and preventing its recurrence,” it added. The investigation will continue because the scissors have to be taken out of a locked storage locker every time they are used Japanese broadcaster NHK reported.
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