From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-568933-523932
TOKYO (UPI) -- Lighters may be forbidden on U.S. passenger planes but
they are routinely left behind on domestic flights in Japan where they
are allowed, officials say.
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports the Construction and Transport Ministry
revealed Thursday its check of 511 planes turned up 76 lighters on or
around the seats of 57 passenger planes.
Ministry officials have told airlines to remind travelers to take
their lighters with them when they disembark. The admonition followed
a June 6 passenger seat fire on a Japan Airlines flight to Taipei.
Yomiuri Shimbun said each passenger is allowed to bring one lighter
into the aircraft's cabin.