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Japan's 1st female airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji checks the airplane before boarding a Japan Express flight for her first flight as pilot at a departure gate of Osaka airport in western Japan on July 12, 2010. She has become Japan's first female passenger flight pilot.

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Japan's 1st female airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji waves before boarding a Japan Express flight for her first flight as pilot at a departure gate of Osaka airport in western Japan on July 12, 2010. She has become Japan's first female passenger flight pilot.

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Japan's 1st female airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji (2nd from R) smiles before boarding a Japan Express flight for her first flight as pilot at a departure gate of Osaka airport in western Japan on July 12, 2010. She has become Japan's first female passenger flight pilot.

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Japan's 1st woman airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji (R), a co-pilot with Japan Express Co., receives a letter appointing her as a pilot at the company's office in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on July 9, 2010.

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Japan's 1st woman airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji (L), a co-pilot with Japan Express Co., smiles as she holds a letter appointing her as an airline captain at the company's office in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on July 9, 2010.

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Japan's 1st female airline captain lectures in France

Ari Fuji, Japan's first female passenger aircraft captain, speaks at a meeting in Le Bourget near Paris on June 18, 2015. The meeting was held by a group of women related to the aviation industry on the sidelines of the International Paris Air Show. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st female airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji (2nd from R) smiles before boarding a Japan Express flight for her first flight as pilot at a departure gate of Osaka airport in western Japan on July 12, 2010. She has become Japan's first female passenger flight pilot. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st female airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji checks the airplane before boarding a Japan Express flight for her first flight as pilot at a departure gate of Osaka airport in western Japan on July 12, 2010. She has become Japan's first female passenger flight pilot. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st female airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji waves before boarding a Japan Express flight for her first flight as pilot at a departure gate of Osaka airport in western Japan on July 12, 2010. She has become Japan's first female passenger flight pilot. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st woman airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji (L), a co-pilot with Japan Express Co., smiles as she holds a letter appointing her as an airline captain at the company's office in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st woman airline captain

OSAKA, Japan - Ari Fuji (R), a co-pilot with Japan Express Co., receives a letter appointing her as a pilot at the company's office in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on July 9, 2010. (Kyodo)