Gov't eyes 600 bil. yen credit line as JAL nears bankruptcy

Gov't eyes 600 bil. yen credit line as JAL nears bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, honorary chairman of Kyocera Corp., is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2010, after a meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit. The state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan plans to hold a meeting with him on Jan. 13 as the entity and the government eye appointing him to become struggling Japan Airlines Corp.'s chief executive officer during the rehabilitation process.

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