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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki, Kazuo Inamori, JAL's honorary chairman, and JAL Chairman Masaru Onishi pose for photos with a certificate on the company's listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. JAL was relisted the same day on the Tokyo bourse as the company marked a turnaround from its 2010 bankruptcy.

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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japan Airlines Co. Chairman Masaru Onishi, JAL President Yoshiharu Ueki and Kazuo Inamori, JAL's honorary chairman, pose for photos after a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Sept. 19, 2012. JAL was relisted the same day on the Tokyo bourse as the company marked a turnaround from its 2010 bankruptcy.

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Businessman Inamori

BOSTON, United States - Influential Japanese businessman Kazuo Inamori, honorary chairman of Japan Airlines Co., speaks during an interview in Boston on April 19, 2012. Inamori, who has supported the Democratic Party of Japan since it was still in opposition, expressed disappointment with the ruling party, saying its immaturity has led to poor governance.

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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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JAL names Ueki to replace Onishi as president

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japan Airlines Co. President Masaru Onishi, Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshiharu Ueki and Chairman Kazuo Inamori pose for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2012. JAL, currently undergoing a rehabilitation process, named Ueki to succeed Onishi as president in February 2012. Onishi will be appointed as chairman and Inamori as honorary chairman.

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JAL chief Onishi

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L) and Chairman Kazuo Inamori hold a press conference in Tokyo on March 28, 2011, announcing that the company has completed a court-backed rehabilitation process after filing for bankruptcy protection in January 2010.

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JAL chairman Inamori at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. Inamori said he has seen a number of positive changes in the struggling airline's rehabilitation efforts.

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JAL chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (front C) visits the airline's hangar in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011.

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JAL chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (C) answers reporters' questions as he visits the airline's hangar in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011.

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JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L), beside Chairman Kazuo Inamori, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants.

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Haneda airport's new runway opens with new int'l terminal

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (2nd from L) and President Masaru Onishi (3rd from L) take part in a tape-cutting ceremony at the opening of a new runway and international terminal building at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 21, 2010, as the airport prepares to resume full-fledged international operations.

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JAL chairman Inamori at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, chairman of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2010.

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JAL chairman Inamori at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, chairman of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2010.

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JAL executives at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L), Chairman Kazuo Inamori (R) and Hideo Seto (C), a trustee of the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2010. JAL said it would cut personnel further if the number of applicants for voluntary retirement ends up lower than expected.

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JAL submits rehabilitation plan to court

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori answers questions during a news conference in Tokyo following JAL's submission of a rehabilitation plan to the Tokyo District Court on Aug. 31, 2010.

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JAL submits rehabilitation plan to court

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori reacts to a question by a reporter during a news conference in Tokyo following JAL's submission of a rehabilitation plan to the Tokyo District Court on Aug. 31, 2010.

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JAL submits rehabilitation plan to court

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L), sitting next to Chairman Kazuo Inamori (R), speaks during a news conference in Tokyo following JAL's submission of a rehabilitation plan to the Tokyo District Court on Aug. 31, 2010.

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JAL's Inamori at 1985 crash memorial

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori speaks to reporters after attending a memorial ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the 1985 JAL jetliner crash in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2010.

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JAL likely to agree on rehab plan with creditor banks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L) speaks during a news conference with JAL Chairman Kazuo Inamori (R) in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, over his struggling company's rehabilitation plan and negotiations with creditor banks.

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JAL likely to agree on rehab plan with creditor banks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (C), flanked by JAL President Masaru Onishi (L) and Hideo Seto (R), trustee of the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, the state-backed administrator overseeing the rehabilitation of the struggling airlines, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, over JAL's rehabilitation plan and negotiations with creditor banks.

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JAL's negative net worth reaches around 1 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi, seated next to company Chairman Kazuo Inamori, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on June 30, 2010. JAL announced the same day that its negative net worth -- liabilities in excess of assets -- has expanded to about 1 trillion yen.

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JAL to put off submitting rehabilitation plan from June to Aug.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (R), seated next to JAL President Masaru Onishi, speaks about a delay in submitting the company's business turnaround plan to the Tokyo District Court during a news conference in Tokyo on May 25, 2010. Inamori said that JAL, which is undergoing a state-backed rehabilitation process, will delay submitting the plan from late June as initially targeted to the end of August.

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JAL to cut 45 more routes

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, chairman of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2010. The airline undergoing a rehabilitation process said it will cut 45 more international and domestic routes from late September through March 2011.

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JAL to cut 45 more routes

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Onishi, president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2010, together with Chairman Kazuo Inamori (R). The airline undergoing a rehabilitation process said it will cut 45 more international and domestic routes from late September through March 2011.

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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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JAL to maintain int'l routes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori said in a press conference in Tokyo on March 17, 2010, that the carrier will turn itself around while maintaining its international routes, even though they have been seen as a drag on its loss-making operations.

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Inamori becomes special adviser to Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, honorary chairman of Kyocera Corp. and chairman of ailing Japan Airlines Corp., speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2010, after being appointed part-time special adviser to the Cabinet by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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JAL Chairman Inamori, Pres. Onishi visit hanger at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (C) and President Masaru Onishi (L) visit a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2010, a day after the two assumed their positions at the struggling airline.

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JAL Chairman Inamori, Pres. Onishi visit hanger at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (C) and President Masaru Onishi (2nd R) visit a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2010, a day after the two assumed their positions at the struggling airline.

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JAL's new management launched

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) and President Masaru Onishi give a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. Inamori who took the post the same day said that revival of the failed airline is ''possible.''

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JAL's new management launched

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) and President Masaru Onishi shake hands near a JAL plane model at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. Inamori who took the post the same day said that revival of the failed airline is ''possible.''

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JAL's new management launched

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori poses near a JAL plane model during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. Inamori who took the post the same day said that revival of the failed airline is ''possible.''

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JAL's new management launched

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. Inamori who took the post the same day said that revival of the failed airline is ''possible.''

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JAL's new management launched

TOKYO, Japan - New Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (C) and President Masaru Onishi give a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. Inamori who took the post the same day said that revival of the failed airline is ''possible.''

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JAL's new management launched

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines mechanic Yoshikazu Kubo checks a plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. The failed airline launched its new leadership the same day with Chairman Kazuo Inamori saying that revival of the company is ''possible.''

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JAL's new management launched

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Captain Hiroshi Horikawa heads for his airplane bound for Shanghai at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. The failed airline launched its new leadership the same day with Chairman Kazuo Inamori saying that revival of the company is ''possible.''

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JAL's new management launched

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Captain Hiroshi Horikawa does a preflight check at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. The failed airline launched its new leadership the same day with Chairman Kazuo Inamori saying that revival of the company is ''possible.''

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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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Kyocera founder Inamori accepts offer to run Japan Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori (L), honorary chairman and founder of electronics firm Kyocera Corp., and transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) speaks to reporters at the transport ministry on Jan. 13, 2010. The 77-year-old executive accepted the offer from the government to assume the post of chief executive officer without pay at Japan Airlines Corp. that is undergoing state-backed restructuring efforts.

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Kyocera founder Inamori accepts offer to run Japan Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori (C), honorary chairman and founder of electronics firm Kyocera Corp., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2010. The 77-year-old executive accepted the offer from the government to assume the post of chief executive officer without pay at Japan Airlines Corp. that is undergoing state-backed restructuring efforts.

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Kyocera founder Inamori accepts offer to run Japan Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori (C), honorary chairman and founder of electronics firm Kyocera Corp., heads to the transport ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2010. The 77-year-old executive said he accepted the offer from the government to assume the post of chief executive officer without pay at Japan Airlines Corp. that is undergoing state-backed restructuring efforts.

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Kyocera founder Inamori accepts offer to run Japan Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Kazuo Inamori, honorary chairman and founder of electronics firm Kyocera Corp. The 77-year-old executive said on Jan. 13, 2010, that he accepted the offer from the government to assume the post of chief executive officer without pay at Japan Airlines Corp. that is undergoing state-backed restructuring efforts.

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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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Kyocera's Inamori sets up management school in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United State - Kyocera Corp.'s honorary chairman Kazuo Inamori makes a lecture at ''Seiwa Juku'' in New York on April 13 as he opened his management school for entrepreneurs. It is the 57th of his schools, which provide a forum for him to share his knowledge and experience with other entrepreneurs heading small or medium-size companies.

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Kyocera's Inamori honored by China

OSAKA, Japan - Kyocera Corp. said April 6 its honorary chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) was honored by China for his contribution to the development of Japan-China ties. Photo shows Inamori receiving an award from Song Jian (R), chairman of the China-Japan friendship association, in Beijing on April 5.

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IEA confab on solar power generation begins

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, honorary chairman of Kyocera Corp., delivers a keynote speech at the beginning of an international conference on photovoltaic power systems in Osaka on May 19. The two-daay meeting at the Osaka International Convention Center opened as part of a series of international conferences to promote the use of solar power.

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Japan's three telecom firms to merge next Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD Corp. announced they have agreed to merge into a single company Oct. 1 next year. DDI is a long-distance carrier belonging to the Kyocera Corp. group, while IDO is a mobile phone operator affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. KDD is Japan's largest international telecom carrier, in which Toyota is a major shareholder. Posing at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Dec. 16 are (from L to R) Kyocera President Yasuo Nishiguchi, Kyocera Honorary Chairman Kazuo Inamori, KDD President Tadashi Nishimoto, DDI President Yusai Okuyama, IDO President Satoshi Nakagawa, Toyota Chairman Hiroshi Okuda and Toyota President Fujio Cho.

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Farewell party for Kyocera founder Inamori

Attendees of a farewell service for Kazuo Inamori, founder of electronics maker Kyocera Corp. and one of Japan's most influential business leaders, look at portraits displayed in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 28, 2022. Inamori died at the age of 90 in August.

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Farewell party for Kyocera founder Inamori

Mourners attend a farewell service for Kazuo Inamori, founder of electronics maker Kyocera Corp. and one of Japan's most influential business leaders, held in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 28, 2022. Inamori died at the age of 90 in August.

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Kazuo Inamori, founder, honorary chairman of Kyocera, dies

Photo taken on Aug. 30, 2022, shows the headquarters building of electronics maker Kyocera Corp. in Kyoto, western Japan. Kazuo Inamori, founder and honorary chairman of Kyocera, died on Aug. 24, 2022, at the age of 90.