Can't speak for other airlines, but my flight manual (B-777) says to to forward slip up to 31 knots crosswind component, and use a combination of crab/slip up to 45 knots crosswind componet, lining up on the upwind runway edge lights.
Always fun to watch the First Officers face.
When you kick out of the crab/slip, the airplane lands on the centerline.
Be that as it may, I have been flying in and out of Narita since 1988. Narita can have the worse oreographic turbulence landing on 16 that I have ever encountered.
Usually approaches to NRT are smooth (laminar air) until the last 300 feet if there is a strong crosswind. Then all hell breaks loose.
Never did like golf or golf courses, even though I live on one. For those of you that don't know, there is an undulating golf course right next to the NRT airport. Source of oreographic turbulence.