TOKYO -- Airlines offering flights to and from Japan are facing a fuel shortage caused by streamlining in the country's oil distribution sector, forcing them to give up on adding flights or new routes despite rising travel demand.
Downsized refining, shipping capacity lead to crunch amid rising travel demand

A Boeing 747 passenger jet lands at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. (Photo by Konosuke Urata)
TOKYO -- Airlines offering flights to and from Japan are facing a fuel shortage caused by streamlining in the country's oil distribution sector, forcing them to give up on adding flights or new routes despite rising travel demand.