TOKYO - Tokyo Narita airport’s baggage claim area has become a cardboard box hotel for arriving international passengers awaiting their coronavirus test result.
Passengers arriving in Japan from coronavirus-affected areas in the United States and Europe are subject to mandatory screening. Test results can take 24 hours or more.
Airport authorities have provided the makeshift facility - the cardboard boxes are fitted with a futon mattress - for international arriving passengers who cannot be picked up by family and friends in a private car.
To limit the possible spread of coronavirus, the Japanese government bars passengers from using public transport and taxis.
Connecting domestic flights cannot be taken.