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Japanese airports now offer clothing compression machines to free up suitcase space.

Following trials earlier this year, Japan’s Haneda, Narita, Kumamoto, and Naha airports are starting a full-scale implementation of machines that can compress clothing into much smaller cubes in about a minute so tourists have more room in their suitcases. The machines don’t use vacuum bags and don’t damage clothing, according to SoraNews24.

<em>Depending on the type of fabric or material, clothing and towels can be reduced to up to one-seventh of their original volume.</em>
<em>Items like t-shirt compress more efficiently, and be uncompressed by laying them out for 15 minutes.</em>
<em>A full-scale rollout at four Japanese airports is expected in 2027 and may be available for travelers both arriving to and leaving the country.</em>
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Depending on the type of fabric or material, clothing and towels can be reduced to up to one-seventh of their original volume.
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