Tokyo airports adopt 1-hour coronavirus test, down from 2 days

Antigen saliva tests to double screening capacity for international arrivals

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Tokyo's Haneda Airport will expand testing capacity to 3,800 people daily from 2,000. (Photo by Kei Higuchi)

SHUNSUKE USHIGOME, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The two airports serving Tokyo have started conducting coronavirus antigen tests for international arrivals that produce results in about an hour, helping them roughly double testing capacity.

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