ANA announces next president, chairman

ANA announces next president, chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Yoji Ohashi (L), a vice president of All Nippon Airways (ANA) who will be appointed president of Japan's second-largest airline on April 1, and Kichisaburo Nomura, the current president who is to become chairman, pose for photographers at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 21. Ohashi, 61, joined the airline in 1964 and has served as vice president since June 1999.

Ohashi to become president of ANA

Ohashi to become president of ANA

TOKYO, Japan - Yoji Ohashi (file photo), vice president of All Nippon Airways, is expected to become the airline's next president, succeeding Kichisaburo Nomura, who will assume the chairmanship upon completing his second two-year term as president in June. The appointments are subject to approval by a board meeting following an annual shareholders' meeting in late June.

ANA announces next president, chairman

ANA announces next president, chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Yoji Ohashi (L), a vice president of All Nippon Airways (ANA) who will be appointed president of Japan's second-largest airline on April 1, and Kichisaburo Nomura, the current president who is to become chairman, pose for photographers at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 21. Ohashi, 61, joined the airline in 1964 and has served as vice president since June 1999.

Wake for slain ANA captain held in Tokyo

Wake for slain ANA captain held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A wake for Naoyuki Nagashima, the captain slain in the July 23 hijacking of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) jumbo jet, is held in Tokyo on the evening of July 29. Among the 1,500 people attending the wake were (from R) ANA President Kichisaburo Nomura, Nagashima's wife, Kumiko, Nagashima's son Eiji and daughter Ruri. Nagashima was stabbed by the 28-year-old hijacker.