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#CHINA-ECONOMY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR-APRIL-REBOUND (CN)

(240527) -- LEQING, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member works at a communications equipment manufacturer in Leqing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 27, 2024. China's industrial sector posted stronger growth momentum last month, with a sharp profit rebound suggesting sustained recovery. Profits of China's major industrial enterprises increased by 4 percent year on year in April 2024, reversing a 3.5 percent decline registered in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Revenue growth of such enterprises also saw a turnaround with a 3.3 percent expansion recorded last month, compared to a 1.2 percent drop in March. (Photo by Cai Kuanyuan/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-ECONOMY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR-APRIL-REBOUND (CN)

(240527) -- LIANYUNGANG, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers assemble a fluid handling arm in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 27, 2024. China's industrial sector posted stronger growth momentum last month, with a sharp profit rebound suggesting sustained recovery. Profits of China's major industrial enterprises increased by 4 percent year on year in April 2024, reversing a 3.5 percent decline registered in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Revenue growth of such enterprises also saw a turnaround with a 3.3 percent expansion recorded last month, compared to a 1.2 percent drop in March. (Photo by Geng Yuhe/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-ECONOMY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR-APRIL-REBOUND (CN)

(240527) -- LIANYUNGANG, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo shows machinery at a port in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 27, 2024. China's industrial sector posted stronger growth momentum last month, with a sharp profit rebound suggesting sustained recovery. Profits of China's major industrial enterprises increased by 4 percent year on year in April 2024, reversing a 3.5 percent decline registered in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Revenue growth of such enterprises also saw a turnaround with a 3.3 percent expansion recorded last month, compared to a 1.2 percent drop in March. (Photo by Wang Chun/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-ECONOMY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR-APRIL-REBOUND (CN)

(240527) -- WEIFANG, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers assemble equipment at a loader manufacturer in Qingzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, May 27, 2024. China's industrial sector posted stronger growth momentum last month, with a sharp profit rebound suggesting sustained recovery. Profits of China's major industrial enterprises increased by 4 percent year on year in April 2024, reversing a 3.5 percent decline registered in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Revenue growth of such enterprises also saw a turnaround with a 3.3 percent expansion recorded last month, compared to a 1.2 percent drop in March. (Photo by Wang Jilin/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-ECONOMY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR-APRIL-REBOUND (CN)

(240527) -- LEQING, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member works at a communications equipment manufacturer in Leqing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 27, 2024. China's industrial sector posted stronger growth momentum last month, with a sharp profit rebound suggesting sustained recovery. Profits of China's major industrial enterprises increased by 4 percent year on year in April 2024, reversing a 3.5 percent decline registered in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Revenue growth of such enterprises also saw a turnaround with a 3.3 percent expansion recorded last month, compared to a 1.2 percent drop in March. (Photo by Cai Kuanyuan/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-ECONOMY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR-APRIL-REBOUND (CN)

(240527) -- LIANYUNGANG, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo shows machinery at a port in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 27, 2024. China's industrial sector posted stronger growth momentum last month, with a sharp profit rebound suggesting sustained recovery. Profits of China's major industrial enterprises increased by 4 percent year on year in April 2024, reversing a 3.5 percent decline registered in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Revenue growth of such enterprises also saw a turnaround with a 3.3 percent expansion recorded last month, compared to a 1.2 percent drop in March. (Photo by Wang Chun/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-ECONOMY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR-APRIL-REBOUND (CN)

(240527) -- LIANYUNGANG, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers assemble a fluid handling arm in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 27, 2024. China's industrial sector posted stronger growth momentum last month, with a sharp profit rebound suggesting sustained recovery. Profits of China's major industrial enterprises increased by 4 percent year on year in April 2024, reversing a 3.5 percent decline registered in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Revenue growth of such enterprises also saw a turnaround with a 3.3 percent expansion recorded last month, compared to a 1.2 percent drop in March. (Photo by Geng Yuhe/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-ECONOMY-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR-APRIL-REBOUND (CN)

(240527) -- WEIFANG, May 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers assemble equipment at a loader manufacturer in Qingzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, May 27, 2024. China's industrial sector posted stronger growth momentum last month, with a sharp profit rebound suggesting sustained recovery. Profits of China's major industrial enterprises increased by 4 percent year on year in April 2024, reversing a 3.5 percent decline registered in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. Revenue growth of such enterprises also saw a turnaround with a 3.3 percent expansion recorded last month, compared to a 1.2 percent drop in March. (Photo by Wang Jilin/Xinhua)

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Kenya launches medium-term economic plan

STORY: Kenya launches medium-term economic plan SHOOTING TIME: March 21, 2024 DATELINE: March 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of launch of medium-term economic plan STORYLINE: Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday launched a medium-term plan that seeks to accelerate the country's quest to become a middle-income industrialized country. Ruto said Medium-Term Plan IV 2023-2027 focuses on the country's economic growth, especially at the grassroots. "Through this plan, we will spearhead radical economic turnaround, fostering inclusive growth and enhancing the livelihoods and welfare of citizens, particularly those at the bottom of the economic pyramid," Ruto said during the launch in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. Under the program, he said, Kenya would seek to create more than 1.2 million jobs every year for the youth to boost economic growth. In the transport sector, Ruto said, his government would build over 6,000 km of new roads and 277 footbr

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-PRESIDENT-NINTH PARLIAMENT-FIFTH SESSION-INAUGURATION

(240207) -- COLOMBO, Feb. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe (2nd, L) arrives at the parliament complex for the inauguration of the fifth session of the ninth parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 7, 2024. The president said at the inauguration that there has been a significant turnaround in the nation's economic landscape. TO GO WITH "Sri Lanka's reserves keep upward momentum in January 2024" (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-PRESIDENT-NINTH PARLIAMENT-FIFTH SESSION-INAUGURATION

(240207) -- COLOMBO, Feb. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe (L) arrives at the parliament complex for the inauguration of the fifth session of the ninth parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 7, 2024. The president said at the inauguration that there has been a significant turnaround in the nation's economic landscape. TO GO WITH "Sri Lanka's reserves keep upward momentum in January 2024" (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-PRESIDENT-NINTH PARLIAMENT-FIFTH SESSION-INAUGURATION

(240207) -- COLOMBO, Feb. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe (L) arrives at the parliament complex for the inauguration of the fifth session of the ninth parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 7, 2024. The president said at the inauguration that there has been a significant turnaround in the nation's economic landscape. TO GO WITH "Sri Lanka's reserves keep upward momentum in January 2024" (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)

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Germany beats Dominican Republic at Women's Volleyball Nations League

STORY: Germany beats Dominican Republic at Women's Volleyball Nations League DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: SUWON, South Korea CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of match venue 2. various of match and audience STORYLINE: Germany beat the Dominican Republic 25-19, 25-18, 18-25, 25-21 in Suwon, South Korea on Tuesday in the opening match of the third and last competition week of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. Germany climbed to third place on a 7-2 win-loss record, amassing 19 points. Despite the harsh struggle of Dominica's Brayelin Martinez who scored a game-high 21 points, the Caribbean nation failed to reverse the match. Germany started off on the right foot, but Dominica intensely fought back in the second set, where both sides went neck and neck and leveled the score several times with Germany securing the set with an ace in the end. Dominica led from the start in the third set and seemed to have set the stage for a turnaround, but Germany took control of the fou

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Former UNEP chief praises China's achievements in environmental protection

STORY: Former UNEP chief praises China's achievements in environmental protection DATELINE: June 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Oslo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): ERIK SOLHEIM, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and executive director of UNEP 2. various of China STORYLINE: In a recent interview with Xinhua, Erik Solheim, former under-secretary-general of the United Nations and former executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), praised China's achievements in environmental protection. Solheim noted that east China's Zhejiang Province is a shining example of how China has "waged war" on pollution in the last ten years. The Green Rural Revival Program in Zhejiang, which aims to transform the once heavily polluted waterways and improve the environment of villages, won the UN's highest environmental honor in 2018. SOUNDBITE (English): ERIK SOLHEIM, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and executive director of UNEP "There has been a complete turnaround in

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AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-CHINESE AMBASSADOR-NEW YEAR'S PRESS GATHERING

(230112) -- CANBERRA, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian addresses the New Year's Press Gathering held by the Chinese embassy in Canberra, Australia, Jan. 10, 2023. TO GO WITH "China-Australia relations at critical stage of turnaround: Chinese ambassador" (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-CHINESE AMBASSADOR-NEW YEAR'S PRESS GATHERING

(230112) -- CANBERRA, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian addresses the New Year's Press Gathering held by the Chinese embassy in Canberra, Australia, Jan. 10, 2023. TO GO WITH "China-Australia relations at critical stage of turnaround: Chinese ambassador" (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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Gamba's Japan midfielder Endo wins J-League MVP award

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Gamba Osaka captain Yasuhito Endo poses in Yokohama, Japan, on Dec. 9, 2014, after being named the 2014 J-League Player of the Year. The 34-year-old Japan midfielder helped engineer the biggest turnaround in league history, with Gamba erasing a 14-point deficit to finish one point ahead of Urawa Reds to capture their second championship and first since 2005.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai (R), managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., releases the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Toshiba taps Western Digital-led group as chip unit preferred bidder

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Photo taken Aug. 24, 2017, shows the building that houses the headquarters of Toshiba Corp. in Tokyo. Toshiba decided the same day to pick a Japanese-American group led by Western Digital Corp. as preferred bidder for its chip unit in an attempt to accelerate its stalled turnaround efforts, sources close to the matter said.

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Jobs media Recruit listed on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Minegishi, president of media and human resources firm Recruit Holdings Co., rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 16, 2014, in a ceremony celebrating the company's listing on the exchange's First Section. Recruit, which expanded rapidly in the 1980s before running into difficulties in 1988 when it was involved in a major bribery scandal, has since achieved a turnaround.

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Jobs media Recruit listed on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Masumi Minegishi, president of media and human resources firm Recruit Holdings Co., rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 16, 2014, in a ceremony celebrating the company's listing on the exchange's First Section. Recruit, which expanded rapidly in the 1980s before running into difficulties in 1988 when it was involved in a major bribery scandal, has since achieved a turnaround.

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Jobs media Recruit listed on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2014, shows the building housing the headquarters of media and human resources firm Recruit Holdings Co. in Tokyo's Marunouchi district. Recruit, which expanded rapidly in the 1980s before running into difficulties in 1988 when it was involved in a major bribery scandal, has since achieved a turnaround and was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange the same day.

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Gov't OKs new business turnaround plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) meets with Naomi Hirose (L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other TEPCO executives at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014. Motegi gave them government approval for a new business turnaround plan for the utility, saddled with a huge financial burden following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Gov't OKs new business turnaround plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., saddled with a huge financial burden following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, speaks at a news conference at TEPCO's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2014, after the government approved the company's new business turnaround plan.

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State-backed fund agrees on new business rehabilitation plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (2nd from L), chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. speaks at a meeting of the top decision-making committee of the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund, in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2013, with TEPCO President Naomi Hirose seated next to him. The panel agreed in principle on a new business turnaround plan for TEPCO.

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State-backed fund agrees on new business rehabilitation plan for TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Harada, chairman of the top decision-making committee of the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2013, after the committee agreed in principle on a new business turnaround plan for Tokyo Electric Power Co. The state-backed fund is expected to submit the plan to the government on Dec. 27, with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi likely to approve it in January.

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Nintendo sees 1st April-Sept. black ink in 4 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a press conference on the company's business performance in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2013. The Japanese game giant said it returned to the black for the first time in four years on a first-half basis with a group net profit of 600 million yen, a turnaround from a net loss of 28.00 billion yen a year earlier, aided by exchange rate gains stemming from a weaker yen.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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Sharp quarterly earnings

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi talks about the struggling Japanese electronics maker's quarterly earnings during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2013. Sharp posted a group operating profit of 3.01 billion yen for the April-June quarter, a turnaround from a loss of 94.13 billion yen a year earlier, on increased sales of its mainstay liquid crystal display panels and the positive effects of restructuring efforts.

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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 - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki speaks at 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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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki sounds a bell to mark 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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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a signboard in Tokyo showing Japan Airlines Co. fetching 3,810 yen at the opening on Sept. 19, 2012, up 20 yen from the firm's offering price. The shares were relisted the same day on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as the firm marked a turnaround from its 2010 bankruptcy.

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New TEPCO chairman says restarting reactors essential for turnaround

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (L), new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and new President Naomi Hirose (R) hold a press conference in Tokyo on June 28, 2012. Shimokobe called for reactivation of the utility's idled nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture from April 2013 as a "building block" in the company's turnaround plan compiled following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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Rengo labor group shifts to opposing nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Koga, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation known as Rengo, speaks during its convention at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2011. The leader of Japan's largest labor organization, also the largest supporter of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, said it is necessary to ultimately aim for a society that does not rely on nuclear power, a turnaround from the organization's previous stance of promoting the construction of nuclear power plants.

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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 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 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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H.I.S. to aid Huis Ten Bosch turnaround

SASEBO, Japan - Hideo Sawada (L), chairman of travel agency H.I.S. Co., speaks about the company's financial assistance to struggling theme park Huis Ten Bosch during a news conference in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2010, with Sasebo Mayor Norio Tomonaga sitting by his side.

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H.I.S. to aid Huis Ten Bosch turnaround

SASEBO, Japan - Hideo Sawada, chairman of travel agency H.I.S. Co., speaks about the company's financial assistance to struggling theme park Huis Ten Bosch during a news conference in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2010. Sawada said he intends to move the park's business into the black in two years at the earliest.

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ANA calls for 'fair' competition on JAL turnaround

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on Jan. 20, 2010. Ito said he called for a ''fair'' environment for competition referring to a state-supervised rehabilitation of Japan Airlines Corp.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (R), former president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, with Hiroshige Nishizawa, president of the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, listening, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.