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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan, Aug. 13 Kyodo - A memorial ceremony is held on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Actor Hitomi Kuroki prays at the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, including her classmate at the Takarazuka Revue all-female musical theater troupe.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Actor Hitomi Kuroki visits the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, including her classmate at the Takarazuka Revue all-female musical theater troupe.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Actor Hitomi Kuroki visits the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, including her classmate at the Takarazuka Revue all-female musical theater troupe.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after attending a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori meets the press after attending a memorial ceremony for the victims of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A memorial ceremony is held on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A memorial ceremony is held on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

People light candles on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori prepares to lay flowers on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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40th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori prays on Aug. 12, 2025, the 40th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a cenotaph erected near the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Symposium on aircraft accident victims' families

Kuniko Miyajima (2nd from L), who leads an association of relatives of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, speaks at a symposium on assistance for aircraft accident victims and their families organized by the International Civil Aviation Organization in Haarlem, the Netherlands, on Nov. 26, 2024. Miyajima, 77, lost her 9-year-old son in the world's worst single-aircraft accident that killed 520 passengers and crew.

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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan, Aug. 12 Kyodo - A relative of a victim of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash prays in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew. (Kyodo)

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39th anniversary of 1985 JAL plane crash

A memorial ceremony is held at a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash near the accident site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, for the 39th anniversary of the accident on Aug. 12, 2024. The crash claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori prays on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Mitsuko Tottori prepares to offer flowers on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A relative of a victim of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash prays in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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39th anniversary of fatal JAL jet crash

A nephew of a victim of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash prays in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2024, the 39th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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38th anniversary of 1985 JAL plane crash

Candles are lit around a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash near the accident site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, for the 38th anniversary of the accident on Aug. 12, 2023. The crash claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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38th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Yuji Akasaka prepares to offer flowers on Aug. 12, 2023, the 38th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, at a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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38th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

Japan Airlines Co. President Yuji Akasaka prays on Aug. 12, 2023, the 38th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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38th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

People pray on Aug. 12, 2023, the 38th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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38th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

A man prays on Aug. 12, 2023, the 38th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash that claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew, in front of a monument at the crash site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo.

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38th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

JAL Engineering Co. employees clean a monument listing the names of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno on July 29, 2023, ahead of the 38th anniversary on Aug. 12 of the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident. The incident claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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38th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

JAL Engineering Co. employees clean a monument listing the names of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno on July 29, 2023, ahead of the 38th anniversary on Aug. 12 of the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident. The incident claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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29th anniversary of JAL crash

UENO, Japan - Mourners visit the cenotaph at the Osutaka Ridge, the accident site of the Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, on Aug. 12, 2014, the 29th anniversary of the tragedy, in Ueno in the central Japan prefecture of Gunma. They remembered the victims of the accident, which killed 520 crew and passengers.

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29th anniversary of JAL crash

UENO, Japan - A mourner sounds a bell at Osutaka Ridge, the accident site of the Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, on Aug. 12, 2014, in Ueno in the central Japan prefecture of Gunma. People commemorated the 29th anniversary of the accident, which killed 520 crew and passengers.

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29th anniversary of JAL crash

UENO, Japan - Children blow bubbles on Aug. 12, 2014, at a commemoration for the 29th anniversary of the crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet at the accident site in Ueno in the central Japan prefecture of Gunma. The aviation accident killed 520 crew and passengers.

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People mourn JAL crash victims

UENO, Japan - People mourn the victims of the Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash on Aug. 12, 2014, the 29th anniversary, in front of the cenotaph at the accident site in Ueno in the central Japan prefecture of Gunma. Among 524 crew and passengers, 520 were killed.

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People mourn JAL crash victims

UENO, Japan - Bereaved families mourn the victims of the Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash on Aug. 12, 2014, the 29th anniversary, at the accident site in Ueno in the central Japan prefecture of Gunma. Among 524 crew and passengers, 520 were killed.

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People mourn JAL crash victims

UENO, Japan - A lantern put on a river on Aug. 11, 2014, in Ueno in the central Japan prefecture of Gunma conveys the message that "We will pass on the value of life to future generations." People mourned the victims of the Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash prior to the 29th anniversary of the accident, which killed 520 crew and passengers.

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People mourn JAL crash victims

UENO, Japan - A woman puts a lantern on a river in Ueno in the central Japan prefecture of Gunma in memory of the victims of the Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash on Aug. 11, 2014, prior to the 29th anniversary of the accident. Among 524 crew and passengers, 520 were killed.

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People mourn JAL crash victims

UENO, Japan - People put lanterns on a river in Ueno in the central Japan prefecture of Gunma in memory of the victims of the Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash on Aug. 11, 2014, prior to the 29th anniversary of the accident. Among 524 crew and passengers, 520 were killed.

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Transport minister Maehara at Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara prays in front of the memorial monument located on the Osutaka ridge, where a JAL jumbo jet carrying 524 passengers and crew crashed and killed 520 of them 25 years ago. It is the world's worst single-aircraft accident.

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JAL President Onishi hikes up Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Masaru Onishi hikes up to the Osutaka ridge to reach the memorial monument at the crash site of a JAL jetliner in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident. The JAL plane, which was carrying 524 passengers and crew, crashed into the mountain, killing 520 people in the world's worst single-aircraft accident.

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Transport minister Maehara at Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara offers flowers at the memorial monument for the 1985 JAL jetliner crash on the Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident. It is the world's worst single-aircraft accident, in which 520 of 524 passengers and crew members were killed.

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JAL President Onishi at Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Masaru Onishi speaks to reporters after offering a silent prayer and flowers at the memorial monument for a 1985 JAL jetliner crash on the Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident. It is the world's worst single-aircraft accident, in which 520 of 524 passengers and crew members were killed.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

Candles are lit during a memorial event in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

People light candles during a memorial event in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

A woman lights candles in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

A woman lights candles in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

People blow bubbles at a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

Children blow bubbles at a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

People pray on Osutaka Ridge, the location of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash, in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

Children ring a bell near a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

People ring a bell near a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

People pray at a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

People pray at a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, eastern Japan, on Aug. 12, 2022, the 37th anniversary of the accident that claimed the lives of 520 crew and passengers.

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Eve of 37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

Paper lanterns float on the Kanna River in the village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 11, 2022, the eve of the 37th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 passengers and crew.

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Eve of 37th anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

Paper lanterns float on the Kanna River in the village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 11, 2022, the eve of the 37th anniversary of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 passengers and crew.