Narita, Haneda and Kansai install facial recognition boarding

Japan's three main airports cut wait times ahead of 2020 Olympics

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The departure lounge at Narita Airport: the Japanese government wants 40 million foreigners to visit Japan in 2020. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

YUKIHIRO SAKAGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan's three main international airports will start using facial recognition to streamline security checks and the boarding process starting in 2020, cutting wait times ahead of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

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