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AIRLINES

Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 11, 2014
South Korean wealthy no longer above law
The uproar that forced a Korean Air Lines executive to resign after delaying a flight because she was unhappy with the way nuts were served points to growing intolerance of corporate bad behavior in a country dominated by family conglomerates.
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2014
Airbus hints it may ditch A380 after finding no takers for superjumbo this year
Airbus Group NV raised the prospect of discontinuing its A380 superjumbo as soon as 2018, the first admission that it may have misjudged the market for the double-decker after failing to find a single airline buyer this year.
WORLD
Dec 3, 2014
Iranian hacking targeting airlines, energy, infrastructure firms said posing serious physical threat
Iranian hackers have infiltrated some of the world’s top energy, transport and infrastructure companies over the past two years in a campaign that could allow them to eventually cause physical damage, according to U.S. cybersecurity firm Cylance.
COMMENTARY
Nov 27, 2014
In India, sadly, flying and fighting go together
Why do manners go out the window as soon as Indians board a plane?
WORLD
Nov 27, 2014
Drone close-calls with airliners a daily occurence in U.S., FAA reports
Civilian drones are flying so close to airplanes so frequently that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is receiving almost one incident report a day.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 10, 2014
SMBC Aviation places $8.5 billion order for Boeing jets on Asian demand
Boeing Co. won an $8.5 billion order from Japanese lessor SMBC Aviation Capital Ltd. as Asian aircraft-leasing companies bet on demand for new planes to serve the region’s travel growth.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2014
Special report: why Ukraine’s revolution remains unfinished
In the afternoon of Feb. 20, after the morning’s dead had been cleared away, Volodymyr Melnychuk arrived outside Kiev’s October palace.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 22, 2014
Ebola raises airline bond risk, similar to SARS scare
The bond risk of ANA Holdings Inc. rose the most of any company in Japan as the spread of Ebola to two health workers in the U.S. rekindled memories of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2002 and 2003.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 16, 2014
Mitsubishi Aircraft to roll out first passenger jet after four-year delay
It has almost four years late in arriving. Now, with a helping hand from bullet train specialists, Japan’s first passenger jet is about to make its debut.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 14, 2014
Wall St. drops in late selloff; energy, airlines fall
U.S. stocks dropped more than 1 percent on Monday, with the S&P 500 closing below a key technical support level, as declines in energy and airline shares led a late-day selloff.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2014
Chicago-area air traffic control center fire affects 1,750 flights
A fire apparently set by an employee at a Chicago-area air traffic control center led to the cancelation of more than 1,700 flights at the city’s two major airports, snarling air traffic across the United States, officials said.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Sep 17, 2014
Fear of flying: What to do when trapped next to a weirdo?
Airlines advise us what to do in in-flight emergencies, but what should you do if you get seated beside a nutter?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2014
Grieving Chinese familes of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 face police violence
Six months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing, relatives of the victims, desperate for any hint of what happened, say Chinese authorities have become openly hostile toward them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2014
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels reach cease-fire deal
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels reached a cease-fire agreement on Friday, the first step toward ending fighting in eastern Ukraine that has caused the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War ended.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2014
Russia, European nations both have incentives to lie over Russian troops in Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine has brought many echoes of the Cold War, including a loose attitude to the truth. Although Russia’s denials of military involvement stretch credibility to the breaking point, for some they remain a convenient fiction.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 30, 2014
Kiev seeks to join NATO; Putin calls Ukraine Nazis
Ukraine called on Friday for full membership in NATO, its strongest plea yet for Western military help, after accusing Russia of sending in armored columns that have driven back its forces on behalf of pro-Moscow rebels.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2014
JAL orders 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jets
Japan Airlines Co. said Thursday it will buy 32 planes from Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. to make its fleet more fuel-efficient.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2014
Ebola causing huge damage to West Africa economies: development bank
The worst-ever Ebola outbreak is causing enormous damage to West African economies as foreign businessmen quit the region, the African Development Bank said, while a leading medical charity branded the international response “entirely inadequate.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2014
Poroshenko to seek cease-fire after ‘very tough’ talks with Putin
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised after late-night negotiations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to work on an urgent cease-fire plan to defuse the separatist conflict in the east of his former Soviet republic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2014
U.S. says Russia must pull convoy from Ukraine or face more sanctions
The United States on Friday demanded Moscow remove an aid convoy it has sent into rebel-held eastern Ukraine without permission, accusing Russia of a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of its former Soviet neighbor and threatening more sanctions.
Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has issued verbal warnings recently using the same language and the same tone, saying authorities “will take appropriate action at any time, as necessary.”
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.

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