TOKYO -- Japan has reached a basic deal with the U.S. to redraw flight paths to add capacity for Tokyo's Haneda Airport before the 2020 Summer Olympics, clearing a hurdle over the use of local airspace.
The new, more efficient flight pattern passes over the capital city rather than Tokyo Bay, and goes through airspace managed by the U.S. military's Yokota Air Base. The two sides agreed to let flights pass through at certain times when the Japanese side would take control.
