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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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JAL unveils plane with Disney-themed livery

A Japan Airlines Co. Boeing 767 passenger jet with a Disney-themed livery is unveiled to the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 21, 2024, before its debut mainly on domestic flights to and from the airport later in the day.

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JAL unveils plane with Disney-themed livery

A Japan Airlines Co. Boeing 767 passenger jet with a Disney-themed livery is unveiled to the press at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 21, 2024, before its debut mainly on domestic flights to and from the airport later in the day.

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[Breaking News]JAL jet featuring Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 1 Kyodo - Japan Airlines Co. unveils an Airbus A350 jet featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to the media at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2024. The Dream Sho Jet will fly between major cities in Japan, such as Tokyo, Fukuoka and Naha until around March 2026. (Kyodo)

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JAL jet featuring Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani

Japan Airlines Co. unveils an Airbus A350 jet featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to the media at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2024. The Dream Sho Jet will fly between major cities in Japan, such as Tokyo, Fukuoka and Naha until around March 2026.

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JAL jet featuring Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani

Japan Airlines Co. unveils an Airbus A350 jet featuring Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to the media at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 28, 2024. The Dream Sho Jet will fly between major cities in Japan, such as Tokyo, Fukuoka and Naha until around March 2026.

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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 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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JAL jet collides with coast guard plane at Tokyo airport, 5 dead

TOKYO, Jan. 2 Kyodo - A Japan Airlines Co. airplane collided with one belonging to the Japan Coast Guard at Tokyo's Haneda airport Tuesday, causing both aircraft to catch fire and killing five coast guard members, while all 379 on board the commercial flight escaped without life-threatening injuries. (Kyodo)

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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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Relatives of JAL jumbo crash's victims mark 22nd anniversary

UENO, Japan - Relatives of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash pray in front of the 'Shokon no Hi (Monument of Ascending Souls)'in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, the 22nd anniversary of the crash that killed 520 people.

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33rd anniversary of JAL crash

UENO, Japan, Aug. 13 Kyodo - Yasuhiro Kudo and his wife Rikako pray in front of a cenotaph set up in memory of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2018, the 33rd anniversary of the accident. The deadliest single-aircraft accident in history claimed the lives of 520 people, including Kudo's previous wife Yumi, who was 24.

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Kin pray for 1985 JAL crash victims on eve of 32nd anniversary

UENO, Japan, Aug. 11 Kyodo - Relatives of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash victims pay tribute to their loved ones on Aug. 11, 2017, on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the disaster, by floating paper lanterns on a river in the mountainous village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. On Aug. 12, 1985, Flight 123, en route from Tokyo to Osaka with 524 passengers and crew aboard, crashed into Osutaka Ridge in the village, killing all but four in the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.

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JAL to buy 32 small Mitsubishi jet aircraft

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki (extreme L) announces at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2014, that JAL will buy 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jet aircraft to strengthen its domestic service with the first domestically built small aircraft.

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JAL to buy 32 advanced regional jets from Mitsubishi

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki (L) shakes hands with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. Chairman Hideo Egawa in front of a model Mitsubishi Regional Jet on Aug. 28, 2014, in Tokyo, as JAL announced it will buy 32 MRJs to strengthen its domestic services with the first Japanese-built small passenger jet.

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JAL to buy 32 small Mitsubishi jet aircraft

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki (L) and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Hideo Egawa pose at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2014, held to announce JAL's decision to buy 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jet small aircraft.

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Girls light candle to mourn victims of 1985 JAL plane crash

UENO, Japan - Girls light a candle in Ueno Village, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2014, to mourn the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet liner crash on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the worst-ever single-aircraft accident. The crash, which occurred in the area known as Osutaka Ridge killed 520 people on board en route to Osaka from Tokyo.

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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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JAL to purchase next-generation Airbus jets

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Ueki (R), president of Japan Airlines Co., and Fabrice Bregier, chief executive officer of Airbus S.A.S., hold a contract document on JAL's purchase of the European jet maker's A350 aircraft, at a joint press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2013.

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JAL to purchase next-generation Airbus jets

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Ueki (R), president of Japan Airlines Co., and Fabrice Bregier, chief executive officer of Airbus S.A.S., smile after a joint press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2013. The two companies said JAL will purchase the European jet maker's A350 aircraft.

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JAL to purchase next-generation Airbus jets

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Ueki (R), president of Japan Airlines Co., and Fabrice Bregier, chief executive officer of Airbus S.A.S., hold a JAL jetliner model after announcing a deal, in which JAL will purchase the European jet maker's A350 aircraft, at a joint press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2013.

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JAL jet crash anniversary

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki offers flowers at a cenotaph at the site of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, the 28th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew on board were killed when the Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed. It was the worst single-aircraft accident ever. (Pool photo)

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JAL jet crash anniversary

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki puts his hands together at a cenotaph at the site of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, the 28th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew on board were killed when the Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed. It was the worst single-aircraft accident ever. (Pool photo)

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JAL jet crash anniversary

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki lowers his head at a cenotaph at the site of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet on Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, the 28th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew on board were killed when the Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed. It was the worst single-aircraft accident ever. (Pool photo)

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28th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Relatives of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash pay their respects at the memorial monument at the crash site called Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, the 28th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew on board were killed when the Boeing 747 flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed. It was the worst single-aircraft accident ever.