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Photos: Tokyo airports — eerie reminder of coronavirus' toll

The cavernous terminals are virtually silent, rare footsteps echo throughout the buildings

Published: April 14, 2020 13:06 AP and Compiled by Balaram Menon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_92236.jpg-27518~1-1586855238732 — An express train bound for the Narita International Airport departed Tokyo Station on time at 5:33 p.m. with only one passenger. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_99508.jpg-fe8c1~1-1586855235590 — That same night, there was only one international flight listed on the departures board, to the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. Every other outbound international flight was canceled. The new normal brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_41401.jpg-41ab6~1-1586855232538 — Tokyo's Haneda and Narita airports can handle more than 100 million passengers a year. The airports were set to welcome people from all over the world. Now, roughly one-third the world's countries are on Japan's banned entry list. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_06655.jpg-4e0ea~1-1586855211117 — Those that do make it to Tokyo arrive in rain ponchos or protective suits with goggles and gloves. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_66571.jpg-2cf99~1-1586855245303 — The cavernous terminals, already decorated in the Olympics' colours, logos and mascots, are virtually silent. Rare footsteps and rolling suitcases echo throughout the buildings. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_32680.jpg-5c96a~1-1586855205183 — A woman walks through the empty ticketing area at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_04930.jpg-02713~1-1586855214143 — A plane sits on a rain-soaked tarmac as the nearly empty ticketing area is reflected in the window at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_31424.jpg-f71c4~1-1586855208311 — A worker cleans cart handles at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_02103.jpg-7d965~1-1586855193823 — A man sits on a bench near the ticketing area at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_03969.jpg-d0760~1-1586855217009 — A traveler walks through an observation deck overlooking runways at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_42630.jpg-4ce0e~1-1586855226316 — A man drinks his soda in a food court closed for the day at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_04874.jpg-e167c~1-1586855199571 — A couple hugs in the empty ticketing area at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_42107.jpg-302cb~1-1586855229472 — A worker runs a floor scrubber in the shopping area at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_42926.jpg-2ff5f~1-1586855223232 — A Tokyo 2020 logo is displayed behind the empty ticketing counters at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_45031.jpg-47a51~1-1586855220157 — The airport driveway is empty with most international flights canceled at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_63436.jpg-6002a~1-1586855248180 — A tourist purchases a bus ticket in the arrivals area at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_77713.jpg-cfc86~1-1586855241926 — A worker collects carts in the empty ticketing area at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_36176.jpg-e5104~1-1586855202324 — A traveler wearing a protective suit waits in line to check in to board a plane at the Narita International Airport in Nairta, near Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Virus_Outbreak_Tokyo_Empty_Airports_69763.jpg-5eea3~1-1586855196570 — A woman visits an observation deck overlooking runways at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo Image Credit: AP

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