Major Japan airports will use facial recognition for international flight boarding
Both Narita and Haneda airports in Japan are implementing a new facial recognition system called Face Express in July of this year ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics Games. The system will be used for all international flight boarding, regardless of airline, and will allow passengers to board flights without showing their tickets or passports.
The non-contact facial recognition procedure will automatically verify all passengers boarding a flight without the need for staff to manually check airline tickets and passports at the gate.