At Kobe's security checkpoint boarding passes were checked, laptops unloaded and I was about to discard a bottle of juice when the security agent extended her gloved hand to take it. I expected to watch her chuck it in the bin, but instead she took it over to a device that obviously scanned the contents and decided it wasn't filled with something that could rip a 767 out of the sky. Why similar scanners haven't been fitted at airports around the world to allow passengers to carry beverages on board seems odd. Then again, it would demand a bit more work on the part of the security contractors, so it's obviously been ruled out in less service-minded nations, i.e., the rest of the world.