Isn't it funny that after all the lip service about safety from the CEO, NTC's about typhoon procedures and record profits, management is too tight to pay for Japanese ACARS ATIS.
Weather in Japan can be quite 'sporty', particularly in summer, and on a multi-sector day in a two-crew aircraft with traffic everywhere, taking the other pilot out of the loop to shout at Fukuoka Information belongs to the 1980's...not to mention not being able to start the ever-increasing-in-length arrival briefing,
, with up-to-date surface conditions.