Japanese female plane spotters

Japanese female plane spotters

CHIBA, Japan - Participants in a tour for female plane spotters pose in front of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet inside Japan Airlines' hangar at Narita airport, near Tokyo, in May 2012. Female plane spotters, who have recently grown in number in Japan, have been given the nickname of "Sorami" -- air girl -- by a group promoting the development of the community around the airport.

Event held to celebrate 1,000th issue of JTB timetable

Event held to celebrate 1,000th issue of JTB timetable

SAITAMA, Japan - The cover pages of train timetables issued in Japan by major travel agency JTB Group and its predecessor since 1925 are displayed at the Railway Museum in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on April 20. The 1,000th issue of the JTB timetable was published the same day, drawing attention from train-spotters in the country.

Mitsubishi Regional Jet makes maiden flight

Mitsubishi Regional Jet makes maiden flight

Plane spotters gather at a park near Nagoya Airport, central Japan, on the morning of Nov. 11, 2015, to watch the maiden flight of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Mitsubishi Regional Jet makes maiden flight

Mitsubishi Regional Jet makes maiden flight

A woman (L front) sitting among a crowd of plane spotters at a park near Nagoya Airport, central Japan, claps her hands on Nov. 11, 2015, after the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, takes off for its maiden flight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Event held to celebrate 1,000th issue of JTB timetable

Event held to celebrate 1,000th issue of JTB timetable

SAITAMA, Japan - The cover pages of train timetables issued in Japan by major travel agency JTB Group and its predecessor since 1925 are displayed at the Railway Museum in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on April 20. The 1,000th issue of the JTB timetable was published the same day, drawing attention from train-spotters in the country. (Kyodo)