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Japan welcomes decision to reopen airspace

Japan on Tuesday welcomed India's decision to reopen its airspace to Pakistani flights, saying that could help ease the standoff between the two countries.

"We truly welcome the fact that India has allowed (Pakistani aircraft) to fly over its skies," Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said.

On Monday, some 50 Japanese businessmen, tourists and relatives of diplomats returned to Tokyo from India on a Japan Airlines Co Ltd jetliner chartered by the Japanese government.

Japan decided last week to charter a flight to evacuate its nationals after JAL scrapped one of its bi-weekly flights to New Delhi.

Earlier this month, it had asked its citizens in India to leave the country and urged nationals to postpone travel to India and Pakistan following similar advice by other countries.

As of Sunday, an estimated 984 Japanese were in India and 447 in Pakistan, according to the Japanese foreign ministry.

Reuters

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