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JAL ceremony to welcome new employees

TOKYO, Japan, April 2 Kyodo - The Japan Airlines Co. group holds a ceremony to welcome new employees in a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 1, 2025. (Kyodo)

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JAL ceremony to welcome new employees

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani delivers a video message during a ceremony to welcome new employees of the Japan Airlines Co. group held in a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 1, 2025.

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JAL ceremony to welcome new employees

New employees of the Japan Airlines Co. group fly paper planes on which they wrote their wishes and goals during a ceremony to welcome them in a hangar held at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 1, 2025.

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JAL ceremony to welcome new employees

The Japan Airlines Co. group holds a ceremony to welcome new employees in a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 1, 2025.

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JAL ceremony to welcome new employees

The Japan Airlines Co. group holds a ceremony to welcome new employees in a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 1, 2025.

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JAL ceremony to welcome new employees

The Japan Airlines Co. group holds a ceremony to welcome new employees in a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 1, 2025.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Tension on Lebanon-Israel border continues to increase

STORY: Tension on Lebanon-Israel border continues to increase SHOOTING DATE: Jan. 8, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of smoke resulting from fire exchanges in the Lebanon-Israel border areas 2. various of funerals of Hezbollah militants killed during clashes with the Israeli army STORYLINE: Hezbollah and Israel have continued their fire exchanges in the bordering areas between Lebanon and northern Israel. Israeli heavy artillery fire targeted Lebanon's southern villages of Tayr Harfa, Houla, and Yarine on Monday. Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its fighters attacked the Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in the occupied Shebaa Farms, the Shtula area in northern Israel, and another Israeli site of Jal-Al-Alam. Hezbollah announced earlier in the day that a high-level commander and another member of the military group were killed in an Israeli drone attack targeting their car in Lebanon's southern village of Khirbet Selm. The Lebanon-Israel border

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Brazil group calls for continued JAL flights to Sao Paulo

TOKYO, Japan - Kokei Uehara (L), honorary chairman of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Services, meets with senior vice transport minister Taizo Mikazuki at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2010. Uehara asked Mikazuki to help Japan Airlines Corp., currently undergoing state-backed rehabilitation, to review a plan to suspend flights to Sao Paulo from September.

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JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New recruits to Japan Airlines Co.'s group firms fly paper planes during an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

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JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New recruits to Japan Airlines Co.'s group firms pose for photos after an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

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JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New recruits to Japan Airlines Co.'s group firms pose for photos after an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

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JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Ueki, president of Japan Airlines Co., speaks at an initiation ceremony of its group firms held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

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JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows new recruits to Japan Airlines Co.'s group firms during an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

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JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New recruits to Japan Airlines Co.'s group firms attend an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

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JAL initiation ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - New recruits to Japan Airlines Co.'s group firms attend an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2013. It was the first time the ceremony had been held in three years. An estimated 840,000 new recruits marked their first business day nationwide the same day at the start of Japan's new fiscal year.

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JAL ups FY 2012 earnings outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki (R) attends a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2013, to release the company's earnings and earnings forecasts. JAL raised its group earnings projection for the current business year ending in March on firm demand for international routes, shrugging off possible adverse effects of recent safety problems involving Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners.

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JAL posts record-high group profits in 1st half of FY 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2012. The airline said it posted a record-high group net profit of 99.72 billion yen for the April to September period, up 2.4 percent from the previous year, due to increases in the number of customers both on international and domestic flights.

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JAL's Girls' Day flight

OSAKA, Japan - Female employees of Japan Airlines group firms greet passengers at a boarding gate in Osaka airport ahead of a flight from Osaka to Kumamoto on March 3, 2012. The airline offered the service involving female-only staff in commemoration of the day, which is Girls' Day in Japan.

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JAL's Girls' Day flight

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken March 3, 2012, at Osaka airport shows the female employees of Japan Airlines group firms who operated the day's flight service from Osaka to Kumamoto. The airline offered the service involving female-only staff in commemoration of the day, which is Girls' Day in Japan.

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JAL logs profit

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) and President Masaru Onishi attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. The airline, which was undergoing rehabilitation, reported a group operating profit of 161.66 billion yen in the April to December period on cost-cutting efforts and revised upward its operating profit projection for fiscal 2011 by 40 billion yen to 180 billion yen.

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New recruits mark 1st day of work as Toyota, JAL vow fresh start

TOKYO, Japan - New recruits to Japan Airlines Corp.'s group firms fly paper planes during an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2010. An estimated 760,000 new recruits marked their first day of work across Japan the same day.

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New recruits mark 1st day of work as Toyota, JAL vow fresh start

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, chairman of Japan Airlines Corp., addresses an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2010. About 550 new recruits from 18 group firms attended the ceremony as the company's management promised to turn around Japan's biggest airline, which filed for bankruptcy in January.

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New recruits mark 1st day of work as Toyota, JAL vow fresh start

TOKYO, Japan - About 550 new recruits from 18 group firms of Japan Airlines Corp. line up during an initiation ceremony held inside a hanger at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 1, 2010. An estimated 760,000 new recruits marked their first day of work across Japan the same day.

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JAL April-Dec. net loss expands

TOKYO, Japan - Norikazu Saito (L), executive officer of bankrupt Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a press conference at the transport ministry on Feb. 26, 2010. The failed company's group net loss in the April-December period expanded to 177.98 billion yen from a year-earlier loss of 1.92 billion yen.

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JAL decides to appoint subsidiary chief Onishi as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp., which recently filed for bankruptcy protection, said on Jan. 27 it will appoint Masaru Onishi (file photo), head of a JAL subsidiary, as its new president to oversee the company's state-led rehabilitation process. Onishi, the 54-year-old president of Japan Air Commuter Co., will officially take his position as president and group chief operating officer on Feb. 1, along with Kyocera Corp. founder Kazuo Inamori, who has already agreed to become the company's chairman.

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JAL heads for court-backed bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - Employees of the Japan Airlines Corp. group hand candies and mementos to passengers at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2010. A total of 70 employees and retirees of the JAL group mounted the event saying they ''thank'' passengers as the government seeks court-backed bankruptcy for the troubled airliner.

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JAL heads for court-backed bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Airlines captain hands a written message and sticker to a child passenger at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2010. A total of 70 employees and retirees of the JAL group mounted the event saying they ''thank'' passengers as the government seeks court-backed bankruptcy for the troubled airliner.

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American Airlines ups the ante in battle with Delta over JAL

TOKYO, Japan - Theo Panagiotoulias, American Airlines Inc. vice president for Asia and the Pacific, speaks to a group of reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2009. Panagiotoulias urged cash-strapped Japan Airlines Corp. to remain in the oneworld grouping, saying the alliance is providing $500 million in annual revenue to JAL.

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JAL incurs 16.27 bil. yen group net loss in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuya Takenaka (R), managing director of Japan Airlines Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for fiscal 2006 in Tokyo on May 9.

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JAL to fall into red in FY 2006 for 2nd year running

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Haruka Nishimatsu speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 2 where he announced the airline has revised its group earnings forecast for the 2006 business year which ended in March 31 to a net loss of 16.2 billion yen from an earlier projected profit of 3 billion yen. The airline reported a loss of 47.24 billion yen in fiscal 2005.

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JAL group operating profit tumbles 48.3% on flight troubles, cost rise

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Nov. 8. He said the company's consolidated operating profit plunged 48.3 percent year on year in the April-September period to 8.16 billion yen due to soaring fuel costs and flight troubles that turned away many prospective customers. The nation's top air carrier, however, managed to secure a group net profit of 1.51 billion yen, a turnaround from a loss of 12.04 billion yen a year earlier, by unloading its shareholdings.

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JAL group completes integration of airline carriers

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines International Co., a unit of the Japan Airlines Corp. group, absorbed group firm Japan Airlines Domestic Co. on Oct. 1, completing the merger of two carriers that began four years ago. Cabin attendants wear uniforms of the two companies worn in the past in a ceremony marking their merger at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

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JAL posts 1st interim group net loss since FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Toshiyuki Shinmachi briefs reporters on the company's interim earnings report at a news conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Nov. 7.

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JAL posts 1st interim group net loss since FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. executive Haruka Nishimatsu (L) said in Tokyo on Nov. 7 its group business sank into the red in the six months to Sept. 30 for the first time since fiscal 2003, as the airline was hit by high fuel costs and a decline of passengers following a series of air safety problems.

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JAL to accelerate job cuts under new management plan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Isao Kaneko speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 10. The holding company of the JAL group said it will accelerate job reductions under a new three-year management plan designed to overcome difficult business environments such as higher crude oil prices and weak demand for flight services.

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JAL Group unveils new uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines System Corp. (JAL Group), the holding company of Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Air System (JAS), unveils uniforms on July 10 in Tokyo to be launched in April for 26,000 flight attendants and ground staff.

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(2)Japan Airlines unveils jumbo with Matsui face

TOKYO, Japan - A huge print of New York Yankees batter Hideki Matsui is featured on the fuselage of a Boeing 747 jet of the Japan Airlines (JAL) Group unveiled at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 24. Matsui is the airline's campaign character. His face measures 6.7 meters wide and 8.3 meters long.

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(1)Japan Airlines unveils jumbo with Matsui face

TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Airlines System Corp. (JAL Group) jumbo jet featuring the likeness of New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui, the airline's campaign figure, on its fuselage debuts at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 24 as part of JAL's summer campaign.

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JAL, JAS unify operations under holding company

TOKYO, Japan - Women work at a newly-opened JAL group counter at Tokyo's Haneda airport Oct. 2. Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Air System (JAS) integrated their operations the same day under a new holding company named Japan Airlines System Corp. to become the world's sixth-largest airline group in terms of passenger miles.

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Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction members, who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane in 1970 and forced it to fly to North Korea, sit for a news conference after their arrival at Narita airport May 15. (From L to R) Azumi Tanaka, 22, Asaka Tamiya, 22, and Ritsuko Konishi, 23. On the flight to Narita, Tamiya, in an interview with Kyodo News, described the hijacking committed by her father and other members of the radical group as ''senseless'' and ''wrong.''

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JAL posts 1st interim group net loss since FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Toshiyuki Shinmachi briefs reporters on the company's interim earnings report at a news conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo on Nov. 7. (Kyodo)

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JAL group completes integration of airline carriers

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines International Co., a unit of the Japan Airlines Corp. group, absorbed group firm Japan Airlines Domestic Co. on Oct. 1, completing the merger of two carriers that began four years ago. Cabin attendants wear uniforms of the two companies worn in the past in a ceremony marking their merger at Tokyo's Haneda airport. (Kyodo)

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JAL group operating profit tumbles 48.3% on flight troubles, cos

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Nov. 8. He said the company's consolidated operating profit plunged 48.3 percent year on year in the April-September period to 8.16 billion yen due to soaring fuel costs and flight troubles that turned away many prospective customers. The nation's top air carrier, however, managed to secure a group net profit of 1.51 billion yen, a turnaround from a loss of 12.04 billion yen a year earlier, by unloading its shareholdings. (Kyodo)

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JAL incurs 16.27 bil. yen group net loss in FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsuya Takenaka (R), managing director of Japan Airlines Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for fiscal 2006 in Tokyo on May 9. (Kyodo)

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JAL posts 1st interim group net loss since FY 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. executive Haruka Nishimatsu (L) said in Tokyo on Nov. 7 its group business sank into the red in the six months to Sept. 30 for the first time since fiscal 2003, as the airline was hit by high fuel costs and a decline of passengers following a series of air safety problems. (Kyodo)

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Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction members, who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane in 1970 and forced it to fly to North Korea, sit for a news conference after their arrival at Narita airport May 15. (From L to R) Azumi Tanaka, 22, Asaka Tamiya, 22, and Ritsuko Konishi, 23. On the flight to Narita, Tamiya, in an interview with Kyodo News, described the hijacking committed by her father and other members of the radical group as ''senseless'' and ''wrong.''

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JAL to accelerate job cuts under new management plan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Isao Kaneko speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 10. The holding company of the JAL group said it will accelerate job reductions under a new three-year management plan designed to overcome difficult business environments such as higher crude oil prices and weak demand for flight services. (Kyodo)

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Wife of 1970 JAL hijacker gets 2 yrs over passport violation

TOKYO, Japan - Emiko Akagi (file photo), the wife of Shiro Akagi, a former member of the Red Army Faction group that hijacked a Japan Airlines passenger plane in 1970, was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for four years, by the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 15. Akagi was charged with violating the passport law and forging documents. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan Airlines unveils jumbo with Matsui face

TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Airlines System Corp. (JAL Group) jumbo jet featuring the likeness of New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui, the airline's campaign figure, on its fuselage debuts at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 24 as part of JAL's summer campaign. (Kyodo)