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- Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) will ban portable batteries on aircraft starting in April.
- MLIT will limit passengers to two auxiliary batteries and prohibit charging smartphones during flights.
- MLIT says the decision follows incidents of in-flight battery fires.
- The ministry is revising aviation regulations to implement the change.
- Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have enacted similar bans due to safety concerns about lithium-ion batteries.
