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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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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 1985 JAL plane crash

A memorial ceremony is held at a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash near the accident site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, for the 39th anniversary of the accident on Aug. 12, 2024. The crash claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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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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38th anniversary of 1985 JAL plane crash

Candles are lit around a monument dedicated to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jetliner crash near the accident site on Osutaka Ridge in the Gunma Prefecture village of Ueno, northwest of Tokyo, for the 38th anniversary of the accident on Aug. 12, 2023. The crash claimed the lives of 520 passengers and crew.

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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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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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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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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.

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28th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Children pray after tolling a bell for the souls of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet 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.

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27th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Family members toll a bell on Aug. 12, 2012, in front of a memorial for the victims of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash at the mountain accident site, known as Osutaka Ridge, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on the 27th anniversary of the accident. The crash, the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history, claimed 520 lives.

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27th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Yoshiharu Ueki offers a prayer on Aug. 12, 2012, in front of a memorial for the victims of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash at the mountain accident site, known as Osutaka Ridge, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on the 27th anniversary of the accident. The crash, the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history, claimed 520 lives. (Pool photo)

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26th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Masaru Onishi speaks to reporters at the site of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash at Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the accident. Family members and friends of the 520 victims climbed to the mountain accident site to mark the anniversary of the crash, the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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26th anniversary of 1985 jumbo jet crash

UENO, Japan - Children ring a bell to pray for the souls of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash before a monument, which was built for repose of their souls, on the crash site called the ''Osutaka Ridge'' in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew members were killed as the Boeing 747 from Tokyo to Osaka crashed into the mountain in Ueno. It remains the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history to date.

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26th anniversary of 1985 jumbo jet crash

UENO, Japan - Relatives of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash join their hands in prayers before a grave marking at the crash site called ''Osutaka Ridge'' in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew members were killed as the Boeing 747 from Tokyo to Osaka crashed into the mountain in Ueno. It remains the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history to date.

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26th anniversary of 1985 jumbo jet crash

UENO, Japan - Children blow bubbles to pray for the souls of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash before a monument, which was built for repose of their souls, on the crash site called the ''Osutaka Ridge'' in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew members were killed as the Boeing 747 from Tokyo to Osaka crashed into the mountain in Ueno. It remains the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history to date.

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Transport minister Maehara at Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara prays in front of the memorial monument located on the Osutaka ridge, where a JAL jumbo jet carrying 524 passengers and crew crashed and killed 520 of them 25 years ago. It is the world's worst single-aircraft accident.

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JAL President Onishi hikes up Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Masaru Onishi hikes up to the Osutaka ridge to reach the memorial monument at the crash site of a JAL jetliner in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident. The JAL plane, which was carrying 524 passengers and crew, crashed into the mountain, killing 520 people in the world's worst single-aircraft accident.

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Transport minister Maehara at Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Transport minister Seiji Maehara offers flowers at the memorial monument for the 1985 JAL jetliner crash on the Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident. It is the world's worst single-aircraft accident, in which 520 of 524 passengers and crew members were killed.

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JAL President Onishi at Osutaka ridge

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Masaru Onishi speaks to reporters after offering a silent prayer and flowers at the memorial monument for a 1985 JAL jetliner crash on the Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident. It is the world's worst single-aircraft accident, in which 520 of 524 passengers and crew members were killed.

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25th anniv. of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Mourners pray for the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash in front of ''Shokon no Hi (Monument of Ascending Souls)'' at Osutaka Ridge, the accident site, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.

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25th anniv. of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Mourners pray for one of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, Yumiko Yoshida, in front of her monument at Osutaka Ridge, the accident site, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.

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25th anniv. of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - A man prays in front of a monument to the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash at Osutaka Ridge, the accident site, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2010, the 25th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.

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Relatives of 1985 JAL jet crash pray at accident site

UENO, Japan - Relatives of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash pray in front of the ''Shokon no Hi (Monument of Ascending Souls)'' at Osutaka Ridge, the accident site, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, the 24th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.

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Relatives of 1985 JAL jet crash pray at accident site

UENO, Japan - Relatives of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash ring the bell in front of the ''Shokon no Hi (Monument of Ascending Souls)'' at Osutaka Ridge, the accident site, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, the 24th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.

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Relatives of 1985 JAL jet crash pray at accident site

UENO, Japan - A relative of a victim of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash cleans a Buddha statue in front of the victim's monument at Osutaka Ridge, the accident site, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, the 24th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.

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Relatives of 1985 JAL jet crash pray at accident site

UENO, Japan - Relatives of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash pray in front of the victims' monument at Osutaka Ridge, the accident site, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, the 24th anniversary of the accident that killed 520 people.

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Victims' relatives mark 21st anniversary of 1985 JAL jet crash

MAEBASHI, Japan - Relatives of the 520 victims of a 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet disaster pray for the victims in front of a monument at the crash site called ''Osutaka Ridge'' on Aug. 12, marking the 21st anniversary of the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history.