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Flights between Japan and Hawaii represent a highly competitive market - around 1.5 million Japanese travel to Hawaii annually, with airlines enjoying consistently high load factors. ANA’s use of the Superjumbo on this route shows it is seeking to increase significantly its share of this lucrative market. It has even unveiled a colouful special livery for its first aircraft featuring the Hawaiian green sea turtle – a symbol of good luck and prosperity in Hawaii.

Find out how the Japanese market is developing and the major influencers behind its growth

We’ve compiled a guide to Japanese etiquette for Routes Asia delegates travelling to Okinawa.

The major American carrier has announced it will cancel service at Tokyo-Narita from New York-JFK, and to Osaka and Bangkok in autumn. The decision comes a few weeks after Delta has been tentatively awarded daytime service to Tokyo-Haneda.

Increasing low-cost carrier activity is helping Japan to shrug off the doldrums of the past and emerge as a strong destination once again.

Today (Tuesday, 8 March) the Routes Asia route development forum was officially handed over from Manila in the Philippines to Okinawa in Japan – the host destination for 2017.