Hijacking at Haneda International

They weren't Islamic extremists, thankfully, but when contacted by authorities, demanded immediate scree-scree, scree-scree:

In an extremely rare incident, seagulls forced the closure of a runway at Haneda Airport three times Friday, airport officials said.

The incident caused delays in numerous flights by up to 107 minutes, inconveniencing a large number of holidaymakers, according to airline officials.


Security negligence at a federal level. This clearly would not have happened if the Japanese harassed more children and elderly passengers at airport checkpoints.

BONUS: Repeat the sentence "Only in Japan" to yourself and complete a mental picture. Two or three, to be generous. Ten to one says you still didn't think of this.

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