CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B777; NRT-SEA. PAX SMOKING; BARRICADED HIMSELF IN LAVATORY; DRINKING FROM OWN BOTTLE. FO TOOK LAVATORY DOOR OFF HINGES. RETURN TO NRT; PAX REMOVED.

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APPROX 20 MINS AFTER TKOF; A SMOKE ALARM WENT OFF IN LAVATORY 3L. A PAX WAS OBSERVED SMOKING IN THE LAVATORY; THEN BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE AND WOULD NOT COME OUT; IGNORING COMMANDS IN JAPANESE AND ENGLISH. THE FO TOOK THE DOOR OFF THE HINGES; AND THE PAX STILL WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE PAX APPEARED INTOXICATED AND THE CREW CONFISCATED 1/2 BOTTLE OF SCOTCH FROM THE PAX SEAT. THE CAPT REQUESTED HIS CIGARETTES; AND THE PAX IGNORED HIS REQUEST. THE CAPT LANDED THE PLANE IN NRT; AND THE PAX WAS EJECTED FROM THE ACFT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT THEY HAD 2 RELIEF PLTS; AND THAT A RELIEF PLT WAS FLYING THE PLANE; WHILE THE CAPT AND FO WERE OUT OF THE COCKPIT CONFRONTING THE PAX. THE CAPT AND THE RPTR; WHO WAS THE PURSER; WERE THERE WHEN THE FO TOOK THE DOOR OFF THE HINGES; AND THE CAPT DEMANDED THAT THE CIGARETTES BE HANDED OVER. AFTER THAT; HE DID FINALLY COME OUT OF THE LAVATORY WITHOUT PHYSICAL RESISTANCE. THEY RETURNED TO NARITA TO HAVE HIM TAKEN OFF. AN ENTOURAGE OF AUTHS AND POLICE CAME ON BOARD; AND IT TOOK 10 MINS TO COAX THE MAN OFF. HE WAS AN EXECUTIVE FOR A MAJOR NEWSPAPER; SO THE AUTHS SHOWED SOME DEFERENCE TO HIM; AND THAT IS PROBABLY WHY THEY DIDN'T PHYSICALLY HANDCUFF HIM AND TAKE HIM OFF.