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12.08.25 - 09:01
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Victims Mourned 40 Years after JAL Jet Crash (Nippon)
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Ueno, Gunma Pref., Aug. 12 (Jiji Press)--Victims of the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet were remembered on the mountainous accident site in eastern Japan on the 40th anniversary Tuesday. Bereaved family members and others went on a memorial hike, climbing to the Osutaka Ridge, the site of the crash in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, which claimed 520 lives. ......
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11.08.25 - 04:36
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40 Years On: Widow Appeals to JAL Workers on Flight Safety (Nippon)
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Ueno, Gunma Pref., Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)--Machiko Taniguchi, who lost her husband in the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, spoke in July directly to young JAL employees involved in flight safety, her first such opportunity since the tragedy. "The safety of the skies rests on your eyes and your hands," she told them. A week later, Taniguchi, 77, climbed to the crash site on Osutaka......
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07.08.25 - 04:42
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40 Years On: Woman Who Lost Family in JAL Jet Crash Looks to Future (Nippon)
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Konan, Shiga Pref., Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)--In August 1985, Yoshimi Ikai's world was shattered when she lost her beloved husband, her cheerful and compassionate daughter, and her adorable son in a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash. Now, 40 years later, the pain of that tragic summer has started to thaw. Over the decades, the woman, a 74-year-old calligrapher from Konan in Shiga Prefecture, wester......
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04.08.25 - 09:01
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Police Officer Recounts Handling 1985 JAL Jumbo Jet Crash (Nippon)
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Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Aug. 4 (Jiji Press)--A senior official of the Gunma prefectural police recounted his experience as a rookie officer tasked with identifying remains from the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet, recalling that he wanted to return the bodies to bereaved families as swiftly as possible. Hideji Kenjo, now 60, was stationed at a police box in the eastern Japan prefect......
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01.08.25 - 09:36
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JAL Launches Premium Credit Card for Wealthy Travelers (Nippon)
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Tokyo, Aug. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines on Friday launched a credit card for affluent customers, offering higher frequent flyer points as well as exclusive services. The JAL Luxury Card carries an annual fee of 242,000 yen and targets business executives with annual card spending of 30 million yen or more. Cardholders will earn at least 1.25 pct in frequent flier mileage returns and ga......
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15.07.25 - 03:12
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Nojima to Sell Forex Margin Trading Service Unit (Nippon)
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Tokyo, July 15 (Jiji Press)--Nojima Corp. said Monday that it will sell Money Square Holdings Inc., a subsidiary that offers foreign exchange margin trading service, to SBI Liquidity Market Co. and Japan Airlines on Aug. 12 for an undisclosed sum. The sale of Money Square by the Japanese electronics retailer is part of its restructuring efforts. SBI Liquidity Market, a foreign exchange ma......
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08.07.25 - 06:06
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Ceremony Marks Start of Supply of Japanese-Made SAF (Nippon)
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Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)--Entities including All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines and engineering company JGC Holdings Corp. have held a ceremony at Tokyo's Haneda Airport to mark the start of supplies of Japanese-made sustainable aviation fuel. On Monday, SAF that uses waste cooking oil collected in cooperation with the Tokyo metropolitan government as a material was supplied to ANA's passe......
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02.06.25 - 06:36
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JAL Opens Narita-Chicago Route (Nippon)
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Narita, Chiba Pref., June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines opened a new route between Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, and Chicago on Saturday. The Japanese airline uses a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with 244 seats on one round trip per day between Narita and Chicago. The launch came five years after JAL transferred its Chicago route to Tokyo's Haneda Airport from......
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30.05.25 - 05:24
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Japan Revises Aviation Law after 2024 Haneda Collision (Nippon)
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Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan's parliament Friday passed a bill to revise the civil aviation law to make communication skills training mandatory for all pilots operating at busy airports, including private and Japan Coast Guard aircraft. The revision, which will enter into force within three years, was drafted in response to a fatal accident in January last year in which Japan Airlines ......
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02.05.25 - 13:12
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ANA, JAL Enjoy Solid Annual Sales Growth (Nippon)
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Tokyo, May 2 (Jiji Press)--Japanese airlines ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines posted solid sales growth for the year ended in March thanks to robust demand from foreign visitors to the country and outbound business passengers. ANA's sales climbed 10.0 pct from the previous year to a record high of 2,261.8 billion yen. JAL's sales grew 11.6 pct to 1,844 billion yen, their highest level si......
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10.04.25 - 10:06
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JAL to Start Commercial Flying Car Operations in 2027 (Nippon)
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Tokyo, April 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines plans to start commercial flying car operations in 2027, company officials said Wednesday. The Japanese airline will start test flights of unmanned flying cars in Osaka, a city in western Japan, in early 2026. JAL has abandoned its plan to conduct demonstration flights of flying cars at the World Exposition in Osaka, which starts Sunday. The co......
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