Relatives on Monday prayed for the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, the 34th anniversary of the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.
A ceremony was held in the evening in the village of Ueno, at the foot of the Osutaka Ridge in Gunma Prefecture, where the plane went down. A total of 520 people out of the 524 aboard were killed.
The relatives offered silent prayers at 6:56 p.m., the time of the crash, after climbing the steep mountain trail to grave markers and a monument at the crash site to mourn their loved ones.