JAL to seek revival under state direction

JAL to seek revival under state direction

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) receives a report on a plan to reconstruct Japan Airlines Corp. from Shinjiro Takagi who heads a governmental task force on the struggling airline's revival at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Oct. 29, 2009. JAL said the same day that it will seek to turn itself around under state direction.

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