Although the scissors weren’t located on Saturday, the day they went missing, security checks and flights eventually resumed that day.
Hokkaido Airport, the operator of New Chitose airport, announced on Monday that the scissors had been found by a worker at the store on Sunday.
Authorities explained that they held off on making the announcement until they had confirmed that the scissors were the same as the ones that were lost.
Many travellers affected by the cancellations and delays were flying home after Japan’s annual Bon holiday.
“I don’t think we have any choice (but to wait),” one traveller told local media at the time. “But I do hope they are bit more careful about it.”
Another traveller said there were “So many things…
