National
NRA makes new reactor safety regimen official
The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approves new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing disasters like the catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.
Corporate Jun 2, 2013
ANA, JAL return 787 Dreamliners to regularly scheduled services
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines resume regular 787 services, after Boeing's troubled aircraft was grounded worldwide for over four months due to battery problems.
Business May 28, 2013
Japanese pilots tell Boeing to disclose more on Dreamliner cures
The Air Line Pilots' Association of Japan urges Boeing to disclose more information on how the U.S. aviation giant "fixed" the Dreamliner's battery problems.
Corporate May 16, 2013
Boeing 787 deliveries restart after four-month halt
Boeing restarted deliveries of 787s on Tuesday after a four-month halt while it dealt with the smoldering batteries that had kept the planes grounded. Boeing handed the plane over to All Nippon Airways at its factory in Everett, Washington. Airline flights and deliveries were ...
Corporate Apr 29, 2013
Dreamliner conducts first Japan flight since grounding over batteries
A Dreamliner carrying Boeing and All Nippon Airways execs lands safely at Haneda airport to assure Japanese travelers that its new batteries are safe.
Corporate Apr 28, 2013
Dreamliner conducts first Japan flight since grounding over batteries
A Dreamliner carrying Boeing and All Nippon Airways execs lands safely at Haneda airport to assure Japanese travelers that its new batteries are safe.
Business Apr 26, 2013
Japan's 787s win green light for takeoff
The transport ministry gives permission for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner to resume service, although Japanese airlines aren't likely to use them until June.
Business Apr 19, 2013
Dreamliner may soon regain U.S. clearance to fly
U.S. aviation authorities are expected to grant Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliner permission to fly again now that it has improved the safety of its batteries.
Corporate Mar 5, 2013
GS Yuasa working closely with Boeing to get 787s flying again: chief
The president of Kyoto-based GS Yuasa Corp., the maker of lithium-ion batteries for Boeing Co.’s troubled 787 Dreamliner, said Monday that it is working with the plane maker to get the high-tech jetliners back in the sky as soon as possible. In his first ...
Corporate Feb 23, 2013
JAL 787 fuel leak found during maintenance laid to valve coating flaw
A fuel leak in a Japan Airlines 787 during maintenance work at Narita International Airport was due to a malfunction in the valve of a fuel pipe caused by flaws in coating, the transport ministry said Friday. About 100 liters of jet fuel leaked ...
National Jan 17, 2013
ANA, JAL ground all 787s after emergency landing
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet operated by All Nippon Airways made an emergency landing Wednesday morning at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture due to smoke in the cockpit, with all 137 on board the domestic flight safely evacuating the plane. With the incident following ...