There’s nothing worse than having to take a 12 hour plane ride before getting to your relaxing exotic vacation. That is, unless your flight is delayed. Then it turns into a nightmarish trudge to your final destination, with missed connecting flights and more pulled hairs than you care to lose. As the saying goes, “It’s not the destination, but the journey” and if that’s true, you’re sure to have the most enjoyable trip on Flightstats.com‘s list of the top ten airlines that get you to your destination on time. Japan Airlines leads the pack with an amazing 93 percent on-time departure rate. Take a look at the full list and choose your airline accordingly.
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- Seaside scenery, history, and so many desserts on Yokohama’s Akai Kutsu【Japan Loop Buses】
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- Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
- We tried Korea’s way-too-big King Tonkatsu Burger at Lotteria 【Taste Test】
- Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
- Sandwiches fit for a sumo served up in Osaka【Taste Test】
- Osaka governor suggests lowering voting age to 0 to curb population decline
- Do Hi-Chew-flavor Hi-Chews have a reason to exist?【Taste test】
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- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
- Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
- Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
- New private rooms on Tokaido Shinkansen change the way we travel from Tokyo to Kyoto
- Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
- Beautiful Ghibli sealing wax kits let you create accessories and elegant letter decorations【Pics】
- Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
- New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
- Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
- Disney princesses get official manga makeovers for Manga Princess Cafe opening in Tokyo
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- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
- Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
- Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
- Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
- Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
- Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
- One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
- We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
- Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
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- Osaka governor suggests lowering voting age to 0 to curb population decline
- Do Hi-Chew-flavor Hi-Chews have a reason to exist?【Taste test】
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