TOKYO ~ Asia’s busiest airport, Tokyo’s Haneda, might get even busier after the government proposed expanding its hours in hopes of luring more Asian visitors to Japan.

A government panel also urged Haneda to accommodate charter flights to Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games, two years before the airport completes its expansion.

The panel asked Haneda, which mostly handles domestic flights, to accommodate more service to Asian destinations and to expand early morning and late evening flights.